SUAA meetings
Stockport United Against Austerity are meeting online at the moment, usually the first Thursday of the month.
Please email us if you would like to attend a meeting:  stockportunitedagainstausterity@outlook.com   

The Pandemic and related Issues
There are a number of issues related to the pandemic including petitions and events.
Please see our Facebook page and those of connected campaigns
https://www.facebook.com/StockportUAA
https://www.facebook.com/StockportNHSWatch
https://www.facebook.com/GMKONP/
https://www.facebook.com/keepournhspublic/
https://www.facebook.com/WeOwnItcampaign/​
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Stockport Central Library Campaign
Stockport United Against Austerity are organising a campaign to stop the permanent closure of Stockport Central Library building with the transfer of the library service to the Adlington Walk area of Merseyway. Our campaign has the title 'Save Stockport's Historic Central Library' and we have a dedicated Facebook page,  https://www.facebook.com/Save-Stockports-Historic-Central-Library-107756144437020

The Central Library Building has been closed since March 2020 due to the pandemic. Even though other libraries in Stockport reopened last year and some allowed browsing, Stockport Council said that the Central Library Building could not be reopened safely due to the coronavirus. However, in spite of asking for details of why this is the case, including a Freedom Of Information request, this information has not been released. Instead, the library service is being moved to the ex Argos unit in Mersey Square, where it will share the space with information services.

A motion was passed at a full council meeting last October which said the following;
∙           to re-open Stockport Central Library as soon as social distancing restrictions have been removed; and
∙           not to permanently close or remove library services from Stockport Central Library unless and until there has been a proper public consultation that makes this intention clear and sets out the alternative plans for the building so that Stockport residents can have their say.

The move to Mersey Square is therefore temporary.
We have a petition to save the library 
 https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-stockport-s-historic-central-library 
This contains details about the history of the library and why we believe it should be remain as the site of the central library service in Stockport. It also describes the next move that is to transfer the service permanently to Adlington Walk. This will be subject to a public consultation as it will leave the grade 2 listed Central Library Building empty.
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Our Facebook page 
https://www.facebook.com/Save-Stockports-Historic-Central-Library-107756144437020
​gives current details of the campaign and our repository of files  http://tinyurl.com/njaemxp contains letters and emails connected to the campaign in 'Central Library Campaign' file.

STOCKPORT JOBCENTRE DEMONSTRATIONS
Due to the pandemic, we have suspended our weekly protests outside Stockport Job Centre for the time being

 OUR DEMANDS ARE :
 Stop and scrap Universal Credit
 End sanctions, workfare, work capability assessment.
 Ban zero hours contracts.
 Create permanent jobs on trade union rates of pay, through investment in renewable energy projects, house building, public transport and caring services.
 For social security payments that are adequate to meet needs.
 WE USE :
 Stall, leafletting, petitioning, banners, placards, flags, megaphone speeches.
 And above all else we offer solidarity with the working class victims of a vicious government representing the interests of the 1% fat cat population.
 
More up to date details are available on our Facebook Page or will be emailed to you if you contact us via our email address.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stockport-United-Against-Austerity/1656512201227838?fref=ts

 stockportunitedagainstausterity@outlook.com

Finally, please follow Kate Belgrave's blog for anonymised reports on some of the issues we come across at the jobcentre : http://www.katebelgrave.com/
 
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We have a document repository in which our leaflets and other materials are archived. This is at :
http://tinyurl.com/njaemxp