About Us

North Staffs Against Cuts (NSAC) is a  broad alliance of local trade unions, student groups, workers, the unemployed and disability campaigners who are opposed to all cuts to services, jobs and benefits.

NSAC believes that two sections are key to stopping cuts:

a) Trade unions, still with a potential power of 6 million organised workers, have a crucial role to play together with workplaces where no trade union representation yet exists.
b) Anti-cuts campaigns – as well as student groups, welfare claimants, tenants, pensioners organisations, disability groups etc.

NSAC argues for unity in opposition to all cuts, closures and privatisations.

We believe that as a tactic we must prevent the government’s and local council’s inevitable attempts to divide the anti cuts movement by playing off one campaign against the other. For example“If we save this swimming pool we will have to close that children’s centre.”

Therefore we will maintain a firm commitment of opposition to all cuts not just in words but also in deeds. “Not a Single Job Lost Not a Single Penny Cut!” As real concrete cuts are revealed and their effects are felt, campaigns will spring up across the area. NSAC will offer support to these campaigns and strive to link them together into a general anti-cuts movement.

NSAC is founded on a federal structure whereby each affiliated body is free to pursue its own independent campaign but can in turn draw on the support and united strength of NSAC and all its affiliated bodies. This is the most effective method of organising a democratic and united opposition. Each individual organisation, trade union, community group etc will be asked to affiliate to NSAC.