PCS, the main civil service union, is to ballot its 270,000 civil service members over further industrial action over jobs and pay. This follows an extensive consultation exercise by the union which found many members will to take further action to defend jobs and win real increases in pay. The union has already organised national strike action this year in protest at the government's “efficiency” proposals.
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Civil service union to ballot over further industrial action
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Civil service union to ballot on industrial action
The annual conference of the PCS civil service union agreed to ballot members for further strike action over pay. PCS members were involved in national action on 24 April in protest at government insistence that public sector pay increases should be capped below the current rate of inflation. The action that day was co-ordinated with strike action by teachers and lecturers. PCS now wants a mandate for further action with plans for a one-day national strike and a rolling programme of walkouts. The national industrial action campaign comes on top of a series of strikes in government departments
Civil service union ballots on industrial action
The PCS public services union is balloting its 250,000 civil service members over industrial action in protest at changes to pensions, redundancy arrangements, pay freezes and job cuts. The union has also signed an agreement with the Unite trade union to work together in their anti-cuts campaigning. Read more at > PCS And at > PCS
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