PCS
Thousands of jobcentre workers threatened with dole
Written by theSocialist (England & Wales) Tuesday, 06 July 2010 13:29
Jobcentre workers are reeling this week. Having been told how valuable they have been in getting the country out of recession, this week they were told that 4,000 of them are to be sacked within the next few months. This is even though unemployment has started to rise again and, with over 2.5 million unemployed, the recovery is still a long way off.
The previous Chancellor, Alistair Darling was forced to acknowledge in his budget in March that jobcentre workers had helped to reduce the budget deficit by a whopping additional £4 billion by getting people back into work quicker than anticipated. Since then the new Con-Dem government has announced these savage job cuts aiming to save £30 million.
PCS Belfast Budget Day Strike
Written by Socialist Party Sunday, 28 March 2010 21:31
Video of the 24th March 2010 PCS strike in Belfast. The strike co-incided with Alistair Darling's pre-election budget. Socialist Party members visiting the picket lines spoke to Barney Lawn and Gayle Matthews, members of the PCS.
PCS Budget Day action
Written by John McInally, national vice-president PCS, personal capacity Monday, 22 March 2010 17:00
Following their well-supported two day strike on 8 and 9 March, up to 200,000 civil servants in the PCS union will be on strike again on budget day - Wednesday 24 March. This action is to defend contracts that guarantee a certain level of redundancy pay if civil servants lose their jobs.
The vast majority of civil servants are on low pay. They refuse to sit back and see their contracts ripped up because of an economic crisis not of their making, while the bankers are again making vast profits and paying themselves obscene bonuses. When working people demanded that bankers have their bonuses stopped, Labour ministers argued it could not be done because they have legally binding contracts: the hypocrisy is sickening!
Civil servants strike reports
Written by Socialist Party Reporters Tuesday, 09 March 2010 16:32
Members of the PCS civil servants' union took strike action today to oppose the changes to the civil service compensation scheme (redundancy agreement). More reports to follow.
Barking
Management abandoned plans to open to people signing on and opened late for appointments, as most PCS workers stayed away in Barking.
PCS branch secretary Outer East London Dave Spagnol said:
"Thanks to pressure from PCS, management have made a number of concessions to their plans to cut the civil service compensation scheme.
PCS - All out to defend jobs & services
Written by Socialist Party Friday, 05 March 2010 08:30
Defend the Civil Service Compensation Scheme
The decision by PCS members to take industrial action on the 8th and 9th of March and to impose a national overtime ban is a clear message that they will stick together to secure an acceptable settlement that defends their contractual rights under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
