The FSC-CCOO and FSP-UGT public service federations, along with other public sector unions, are maintaining their protests against austerity measures that include further job cuts and pay freezes. The unions are pursuing a range of legal challenges as well as complaints to the International Labour Organisation. Protests are also taking place at regional level where regional governments are also making deep cuts and imposing pay cuts on public service workers.
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Unions maintain their protests against cuts
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Unions maintain protests over pay cuts
The Unison and Unite trade unions have organized further strike action against Southampton City Council in the south of England in protest at pay cuts imposed in the summer. Over 4,000 workers were affected by the cuts when the council sacked them and re-employed them on contracts with inferior pay and conditions. Unison members have also been taking strike action over pay cuts at Shropshire County Council in the Midlands while the union has managed to regain recognition at Plymouth City Council in the south west of England. [Read more at > Unite (EN)->http://www.unitetheunion.org/news__events
Teaching assistants maintain their fight against pay cuts
(October 2016) Over 1000 teaching assistants, Unison members employed by Derbyshire council council in central England, took another day of strike action on 6 October in their struggle to stop the council imposing pay cuts of up to 25% (see previous issue of epsucob@NEWS). This is their fourth strike during their eighth week of action.
Unions maintain protests against labour code changes
The two main trade union confederations called a general strike and national protests on 17 July in their continuing campaign against changes to the labour code and cuts to pensions and disability benefit. A one-hour general strike was widely supported in January and the unions have had to maintain their campaign despite a change of government. The strike this time was called at short notice reflecting union concerns that the government was trying to push the measures through parliament without following due procedure. The ETUC has written to the government calling on it to get involved in