I hear David Cameron is going to donate his Sundays to caring for the incontinent, and Coun Colledge will be clearing up dogs mess from local parks in his evenings.

If everyone follows their lead, we should have the problem sorted out in no time. I'll be right behind Coun Colledge with my poly bags and gloves.

Well done.

Those Trafford residents not losing their jobs (at present), will be applauding this 'initiative' - not so the poor b*ggers getting turfed out on their ear to swell the ranks of the unemployed.

This is Camergoon's 'big society', and, one way, or another, those of us left working, will pay for the unfortunates the 'coalition' (it's really nothing of the kind), will pay for folk to do nothing.

There's more to come...

why dose nt colledge get the sack i ll do his easy job for nowt

They will be working for the Council and surely they are entitled to, at least, the minimum wage.

The mobile library service will be stopped altogether.
That is penalising the disabled! Get a grip TBC.

Staff in Ground Force and highways will be reduced, with friends of parks groups maintaining green spaces.

Basically they just have found a load of suckers to do it for nothing...

Can't believe the cheek of that. I do a fair bit of voluntary work, but I do it for charities. A council is not a charity and people pay council tax for those services and are then expected to work for nothing. Does that mean the council tax for that area will be reduced if they are not paying wages?

Over the years I've noticed how the Trafford libraries I use gained more and more staff as they have attracted fewer and fewer customers and installed self-service machines too.

These redundancies will return libraries to the staffing levels of a few years ago.

Let's hope that Trafford council now gets rid of some well-paid office pen-pushers doing modern non-jobs, and doesn't just get rid of lower paid staff like most of those in libraries.

the big society means volunteers, you can see now where this is going, unemployed will be told to do park work, library and other things they can get away with even though these people will be still claiming they will fix the figures to make it look like the total unemployed has come down just like the conservatives did when they was last in power they got all unemployed on 2 week schemes and shortly after the jobless total went down, next time be wise to who you vote for eh?

Get the bosses to work for nothing - bet they wouldnt do that!

With 100 less jobs at Trafford Council one would expect a proportionate cut in those at the top overseeing what th 100 did.

Perhaps a few less committees, auditors, beancounters, statiticians and gloss leaflet - a reduction in the PR and Spin departments, and less emphasis on such unaffordable and non-productive areas such as "diversity" "five a day" "walking co-ordinators" "green living" and other such trendy nonsence.

But as usually happens the cuts will fall at the coal face and not in the burgeoning middle management areas

Great, I love working for free, where do I sign up?

I hate Trafford Council. It's run by numpties.

100 less bosses would be a good solution.

Trafford leisure centres could be cut back, they are actually dearer for me than LA Fitness, per visit, unless I am in reciept of benifits which I am not, Note I am nearer 70 than 60 so all that says a lot about Trafford MBC, dunnit then.

Perhaps Trafford Council should not have donated the £21million they got off Tesco to Lancashire County Cricket Club.

Pull the other one

This article was sent to me by a mate who lives in Salou in Spain and it epitomises why the S.European countries are in a mess! The Spanish National news this morning reports that the loss to the nation of this weeks holidays, the Constitution (Tuesday) and Immaculada (Thursday) will amount to 1200 Million Euros!

Businessmen are livid that workers take the Monday, Wednesday and Friday off as well, a Spanish practice known as "Puente" (Bridging) thus having a 9 day break. This added to the fast approaching Christmas, New Year and 3 Kings holidays (January 6th) means that many workers are already in holiday mood. The extra days include schools,council and government offices!

The government is considering the British system whereby all bank holiday will fall on a Monday or Friday thus avoiding bridging.

Earlier this week a Spanish Government minister slammed the fact that 800 towns in Spain each held between one and four fiestas a year on top of National holidays and that said, fiestas are paid from public funds. Salou's costly events are the Two Fiestas Mayores(main holidays) and the August fireworks night which, although bringing people into town for the night are a nett loss to city funds.
Basically,they have about 16 bank holidays per year but pinch an extra,probably,6 days because if a holy day falls on a Thursday,they get Friday and the weekend off as well --no days in lieu!
Hope you find this interesting in view of our children losing only a day's education due to the strike!

what the council should be doing is all those who are claiming benefits (thinking along the lines of Job Seeker Allowance), use these individuals as the volunteers of people required to do the jobs the council need filling.

If the council wish to keep all libraries open, school crossings in place, youth clubs open etc, then money has to saved somewhere then i suggest they look within at the top and work their way down.

For "volunteers" read "scabs"

Weren't Trafford council not so long ago held up by Cameron as a shining example of how all super-efficient,co-operative,budget conscious councils should be run?When Manchester was forced to shed 2000 staff after the hugely unfair,ideologically driven budget cuts,Cameron and his ConDem cronies attacked them for making "political points," the rabid,foaming right wing press started printing stories of how all the senior leadership were on more money than the Prime Minister,and the whole issue was portrayed as yet more examples of "Labour incompetence"

Let's see how Tory "divide and conquer" spin machine twist this one.
No doubt as public sector workers "they all had it coming."

The Victorian politics of the workhouse and "well meaning individuals" running voluntary services for the needy are slowly returning to Britain.And the population is to X- Factored out to do anything about it.

HE'S GOT A DAMM CHEEK !!!! A FAR better idea to save Money would be to STOP all the Councillors allowances and see if they will do their Jobs at "Volunteer" rates !!!, after all isnt that what you are asking others to do ???

less than a week ago I praised Trafford saying i was glad to have lived there untill my early twenties and now I see the council of my childhood borough have chose what us almost slavery over letting these people keep their jobs and feed and clothe themselves and their families. The government we know wants to abolish the minimum wage but TBC have destroyed the fact I said the rich and poor live side by side and now Traffords council are definitely the 1%. We are Anonymous, We do not forgive, We do not forget, EXPECT US! Calling for trafford residents who are able to protest this go to trafford town halls Sale Stetford Altrincham. March and protest do it peacefully, Occupy there are many places in trafford which belong too some of the biggest capitalist and members of the 1%. We are legion fir we are many we will support you Trafford.

Strikers will strike for their over inflated pensions this is the result of their selfishness other people have to lose their job to pay for it. Think about it 100 jobs in Trafford 400 jobs in Oldham, counculs have to find savings somewhere.

what a joke , it alright doing volunteer work, but when you itake full time or part time workers jobs it is counter productive, instead of the council paying the workers, they just join the dole queue, councils should be abolished, there were always more office workers and not enough outdoor workers, how many office jobs are going.

This country is going backwards. Using the so-called 'deficit crisis' as cover, the government are enthusiastically dismantling the social fabric of Britain - welfare state, NHS, libraries, parks, children's services, higher education. Local councils meanwhile are taking the blame yet are given very little room for manoeuvre. Meanwhile, the vested interests in 'The City' are trying to abolish the 50% tax rate, get corporation tax reduced and reject any progressive measures to generate income (e.g. the Tobin Tax).

This government is even more right-wing than Thatcher's lot and that takes some doing - I fear for what the country is going to be like in a few years time. I pity the younger generations as they are the ones who are suffering the most.