The PCS civil service union is planning the next stage in its campaign to defend jobs and win above-inflation pay increases with a national strike planned for 1 May (this is not a public holiday in the UK). The national action will be followed by a two-week overtime ban.
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National civil service strike planned for 1 May
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National civil service strike looms
The PCS public services union has called on the government to negotiate over its 2% pay limit or face a campaign of industrial action across the civil service. Unless the union receives a positive response from the government then a one-day national strike will go ahead on 10 November. This will be immediately followed by a civil service-wide overtime ban and then a campaign of targeted industrial action across a range of different services leading into 2009. Read more at > PCS (EN)
Majority back national civil service strike
Members of the PCS civil service union are backing a national strike over pay and job cuts. The first day of strike action will be 31 January and this will be followed by a two-week ban on overtime working. The strike will affect over 200 government departments but in particular will affect the Revenue and Customs section on the deadline day for tax returns. The main cause of the dispute has been government determination to push through thousands of job cuts across the civil service as it implements the “Gershon” efficiency plan. [Read more at > PCS (EN)->http://www.pcs.org.uk/Templates
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The threat of major job cuts has produced a vote in support of strike action on 26 and 27 January in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Around 15,000 jobs have already been cut from the Department and a further 15,000 could go as part of the government's efficiency measures. The union has called for further cuts to be delayed until there has been a proper assessment of the impact on services. But the DWP has refused. Read more at > PCS