After years of cuts and pay freezes, public sector staff need an above-inflation pay rise
Even at the best of times, it is not easy to be a public sector worker. Today, it has never been harder.
Far…Read more…
Civil servants’ pay has stagnated for a decade. They need a real rise | Mark Serwotka
After years of cuts and pay freezes, public sector staff need an above-inflation pay rise
Even at the best of times, it is not easy to be a public sector worker. Today, it has never been harder.
Far…Read more…
Tories will try anything to shackle unions, but ultimately they will fail
Government attempts to stop public sector staff paying union subs through payroll check-off were political and wrong, according to the high court
A high court judgment last week against the largest…Read more…
Tories will try anything to shackle unions, but ultimately they will fail
Government attempts to stop public sector staff paying union subs through payroll check-off were political and wrong, according to the high court
A high court judgment last week against the largest…Read more…
Public servants, don’t hold your breath on that pay rise with Nick Clegg
A last minute Liberal Democrat pledge to end pay cuts for public sector workers? It’s as transparent as it is pathetic
Do public servants need a pay rise? Yes. Do they trust Nick Clegg and the…Read more…
Public servants, don’t hold your breath on that pay rise with Nick Clegg
A last minute Liberal Democrat pledge to end pay cuts for public sector workers? It’s as transparent as it is pathetic
Do public servants need a pay rise? Yes. Do they trust Nick Clegg and the…Read more…
The tide must continue to turn against the likes of Serco | Mark Serwotka
Let’s see Britain taking public services back from Serco and G4S – so they can be run properly
Serco is a company in trouble. Under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office over the electronic…Read more…
Firefighters’ strike: a smart, strategic move by the union | Gregor Gall
The way the FBU has gone about calling its four-hour strike provides a lesson for other unions preparing industrial action
The announcement by the firefighters’ union of a four-hour strike next week…Read more…
2012: a chance to fight and win on public sector pensions | Mark Serwotka
We must continue to reject the principle that those least culpable should pay the highest price to sustain a broken financial system
With the public sector pensions dispute at a pivotal point, the…Read more…
Southampton shows ‘smart’ strike is no silver bullet | Gregor Gall
The tactic of Southampton’s union members of striking at different times has been heroic, but it has failed to gain leverage
Council workers in Southampton have been engaged in “smart” striking since…Read more…
Will Britain face a new ‘winter of discontent’? | Gregor Gall
Public sector unions are calling for action over pensions, but there are choices to be made before we see mass strike action
It seems that the much trailed “winter of discontent” over public sector…Read more…
The fight against sneaky pay cuts | Gregor Gall
Shropshire council has sacked all its workers, then re-employed them on lower wages. What can unions do to prevent this?
The move by Shropshire county council to sack all its workers and re-employ…Read more…
Why public sector strike deserves your support
The real danger to ‘hardworking taxpayers’ is not our strike, but the attack on pensions
Tomorrow’s strike by three-quarters of a million public sector workers has opened up a national debate on…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…
We can stop Birmingham council’s offshoring plans| Gregor Gall
Sending jobs to India is a bad idea that was squashed in other areas. Birmingham city council’s attack on staff must be halted
Now that earlier attempts to revolutionise the provision and funding of…Read more…
Will unions take action over council job cuts? | Gregor Gall
Southampton council workers are striking over pay cuts, but Britain has seen little industrial action over actual job losses
Today 4,300 council workers in Southampton are taking the first…Read more…
After the cuts protest, what next? | Gregor Gall
The huge turnout of protesters means the TUC is burdened with great expectations; now unions must push the cuts campaign on
The TUC and the union movement must be delighted that Saturday’s march…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…
There is an alternative to public spending cuts | Mark Serwotka
The barrage of cuts propaganda has disabled any critical thought – but my union has shown there is another way
Since before the election, David Cameron has been telling us “we’re all in this…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…