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A two-to-one vote for strike action by members of the PCS civil service union in Job Centres in London has brought managers back to the negotiating table. The union has complained about job cuts and deteriorating services and is calling for guarantees from management about staffing levels.
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The CISL public service federations has published the latest issue of its bilingual collective bargaining newsletter that reports on developments covering chief officers across the public sector. Negotiations covering chief officers in the ministries, regional and local administrations, non-economic public bodies and tax agencies, and non-medical managers of the national health system are all set to take place with the initial agreement in the ministries setting the main standard. Here the pay increases were in line with other public sector deals: 4.85% in 2006-2007 and 3.2% in 2008-2009. In
Over 300 workers employed by the Charité-CFM services company in Berlin have taken strike action and organized a demonstration on the third day of the strike on 14 September. The workers provide a range of services (cleaning, catering, security) to the Charité university hospital. The dispute is over pay and a collective agreement to cover all the workers. The company claims that is under pressure to keep costs down or risks losing the contract with the hospital. Watch the video report at > ver.di (DE)
