Ruth Gilbert
@ruth_gilbert
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trade union organiser // national campaigns chair @living_rent// histories from below @workersstories
Glasgow
Joined July 2011
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RT @rosiehampton_: Wrote about the abject failure of both governments to deliver a just transition for Grangemouth workers
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RT @NeilGray00: Brilliant document of autonomist health worker struggles in austerity imposed mid-70s Italy (w. English subs). With the NHS…
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RT @Living_Rent: There are 246,000 people on waiting lists in Scotland. This gov needs to deliver more social housing by allocating greater…
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@NMcgourt72702 @Living_Rent How is ‘Tenants’ Rights Scotland’ structured? Is it a membership organisation? Does it have an appointed board or a democratic structure of any kind? Is it a think tank, a charity? Does it employ a staff? Who funds it?
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@NMcgourt72702 @Living_Rent Your LinkedIn states you were previously employed as a property manager by a letting agent. Your opinions are your own of course, but you do not represent any democratic constituency of tenants, and it’s telling that you were invited under that guise by the Scottish Government.
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RT @FutureEconScot: Rent controls under scrutiny: “We’re concerned that the Scottish Government’s formula [CPI plus 1%] could bake in rent…
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Anyway, there are many, many more of us than them. Join here if you haven’t already, and if you’re a member there’s never been a better time to get along to a branch meeting and get involved
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@PaulJSweeney @LostGlasgow @PastGlasgow @MurphyNiallGLA @MrJohnNicolson @GlasgowHeritage @is_glasgow @marissaamayy1 @SAVEtoReuse @newglasgowsoc @SGHETorg What kind of tenure will these homes be?
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@frasmcm @eilidhwashere I don’t think anyone really cares what you personally want Fraser. we are focussed on analysis of the problem and material solutions in the interests of the working class, not private developers.
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@frasmcm If you don’t build genuinely affordable housing there won’t be genuinely affordable housing, this isn’t rocket science. Glasgow city council isn’t even satisfying the NPF4 required targets of 25% in new developments. Be serious.
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@frasmcm Have you looked at the avg rents in BTR in eg Manchester and occupancy of these once complete? You are talking out of your arse. We need more genuinely affordable homes. 36k people on housing waiting lists aren’t going to be moving into Clyde-front 1beds at 1300 a month, are they
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