Tuesday was a busy day for me. In the morning we had a great speech by guest speaker, the shadow Deputy Prime Minister (I love repeating this), Angela Rayner on Labour’s “New Deal for Working People”. During lunch I took part in a fringe pan…Read more…
Civil servants to join public sector strike for higher wages
Our pay freeze is actually a 20% pay cut against inflation. That’s why the PCS union will join the mass strike on 10 July
Is it any wonder public sector workers are angry? They have seen executive…Read more…
Public sector pensions are facing a highly political attack | Mark Serwotka
This is a redistribution from poor to rich, dressed up as a battle between public and private. Our members will not let it stand
When we in the PCS union announced the result of our strike vote on…Read more…
Lord Hutton has made scapegoats of public sector workers | Mark Serwotka
Hutton knows pensions are being cut not because they are unaffordable but because banks caused a public finance crisis
Lord Hutton, a former Labour minister, has been touring the TV studios…Read more…
United we must stand | Mark Serwotka
We cannot have a pick ‘n’ mix approach to opposition to the cuts – our future is at stake
The second half of 2010 has been marked by a fierce assault on public services from a government of…Read more…
Stabbed in the back
Public services will suffer as a result of swingeing civil service job cuts announced in last week’s budget, argues Mark Serwotka
“The day of the long knives” may sound like the latest…Read more…