180 Lollipop Wardens Jobs Under Threat

School children speak out as 180 lollipop wardens' jobs under threat
180 lollipop wardens in Birmingham will find out in March if they are to lose their jobs.
180 lollipop wardens in Birmingham will find out in March if they are to lose their jobs. Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire/Press Association Images
180 lollipop wardens in Birmingham will find out in March if they are to lose their jobs.

That is according to the GMB Union which has hit out at Birmingham City Council, claiming is has reneged on a promise not to sack them.

Birmingham City Council is set to make a decision on funding them later this month, saying it was trying to find different ways to finance patrols.

But the union said the 180 staff have already been told they will be made redundant unless schools pay £5,100 a year towards the cost.
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What we are trying to do is find different ways to fund school crossing patrols. That could be money that comes from schools individually paying for them. It could be businesses paying for them and we are looking at setting up a school safety trust whereby businesses and other local employers would be able to put money towards the safety of our children locally."

– COUNCILLOR BRIGID JONES, CABINET MEMBER FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Good ain't it, putting our own children life at risk and giving our wealth away to bleeding terrorists, scrounging forunuz and druggiz..

Can you blame us when we legally avoid paying our income tax, I think not..

I think lollipop men and women will be phased everywhere in the near future.
Like paperboys and milkmen, they will be a distant memory.

I don't think we had a lollipop person when I was at school. Of course there wasn't really much traffic so we didn't need one. I still feel like I missed out though.

here they are volunteers normally local retired people