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Thursday 23 June 2011

UCU, NUT, ATL and PCS Strike Rally -

Unite The Resistance!
 Thursday 30th June 2011
12:30 at Victoria Circus, Southend on Sea SS1 1TJ
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Speakers include
Hector Wesley PCS NEC member
Doug Rouxel UCU NEC member
plus other speakers from PCS, NUT, UNISON and 
Southend Against The Cuts

Unless the government does an about-turn on its plans to force public sector workers to work longer and pay more for much less pension in retirement, this first joint strike will include 750,000 public servants.There is also a very real prospect of hundreds of thousands more workers joining the dispute later in the year.


Thursday 16 June 2011

Vote to strike over pensions, pay and job cuts

PCS members have voted by a clear majority in favour of strike action and action short of strike, in the dispute over pensions, pay and job cuts.


61.1% of members voted in favour of strike action and 83.6% in favour of action short of strike, on a turnout of 32.4%.


The PCS result follows yesterday’s announcement of votes in favour of strike action by teaching unions. The PCS NEC has agreed to co-ordinate action with education unions, which will lead to the biggest strike in a generation.


The NEC has agreed unanimously that unless there are significant concessions from the government, a 24 hour strike for 30 June 2011 will be called. This will be followed by an overtime ban throughout July.


Further information will follow shortly. Find out the latest at http://www.pcs.org.uk