PCS the fighting Union shows the Way
Ballot Results came out today for Public and Commercial Service;s Union
which gave a massive thumbs down to the pension robbery. In this
consultation ballot that represents the vast Majority of staff a massive
95.5% voted to reject the pensions theft and 72.1% voted to continue
strike action. This demonstrate a steely determination to continue the
fight and its our belief this will soon make the other small number of
unions that have caved in look out of touch.
This result simply demonstrates the feeble cave in of certain TUC leaders who are more keen to keep new Labour happy than organise and fight back. As New Labour have already publicly announced they support many of the cuts, and most likely wont reverse the ones this current government are imposing, without any clear democratic mandate, the case some have given to baton down the hatches until a labour victory looks even more ridiculous.
Rotherham against the Cuts welcomes this fight back by PCS and like minded Unions, and will be there supporting you on the 28th and beyond. We urge all trade unions to raise up and join the fight and all members of the public to stand with PCS and other unions. This fight is more than just defending pensions this is a fight for all workers to have the right to a decent pension. Like the fight to save the NHS this is also about the future for our kids and grand-kids lets not let them down! .
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "Civil and public servants can see that this government simply wants to make them pay for the mistakes of bankers and politicians, and have rejected by a massive margin this attack on their pensions.
Fraternally Yours
This result simply demonstrates the feeble cave in of certain TUC leaders who are more keen to keep new Labour happy than organise and fight back. As New Labour have already publicly announced they support many of the cuts, and most likely wont reverse the ones this current government are imposing, without any clear democratic mandate, the case some have given to baton down the hatches until a labour victory looks even more ridiculous.
Rotherham against the Cuts welcomes this fight back by PCS and like minded Unions, and will be there supporting you on the 28th and beyond. We urge all trade unions to raise up and join the fight and all members of the public to stand with PCS and other unions. This fight is more than just defending pensions this is a fight for all workers to have the right to a decent pension. Like the fight to save the NHS this is also about the future for our kids and grand-kids lets not let them down! .
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "Civil and public servants can see that this government simply wants to make them pay for the mistakes of bankers and politicians, and have rejected by a massive margin this attack on their pensions.
Fraternally Yours
Millions still face pensions robbery Serwotka tells BBC
ReplyDelete5 January 2012
In an extended BBC interview, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka says millions of public servants still face the prospect of paying more and working longer for a worse pension.
Interviewed for the corporation’s HARDtalk programme, Mark outlined why the union has rejected the latest offer, pointing out Treasury minister Danny Alexander told parliament the government had met all its objectives and was offering no new money.
He told journalist Stephen Sackur that “millions went on strike because they were being forced to pay more, work longer and get less”, adding that everyone still faces that.
The 25-minute interview has been broadcast over the last two days on the BBC’s 24-hour News Channel and BBC World, and is available on the iPlayer website.
The union’s national executive meets next week to discuss the latest in the pensions dispute that brought two million public servants out on strike on 30 November, following our strike with teachers and lecturers in June.
On the programme Mark posed the question: “If it was right to go on strike against something six weeks ago, why is it not right to carry on opposing what the government is doing?”
Asked whether 2012 will be a year of industrial unrest, he said: “That will depend on whether the government carries on making working people, and those with the least, pay the biggest price to solve a problem that we didn’t cause.”
Update: Just after five minutes in to the interview, Mr Sackur suggests PCS is alone in rejecting the government's offer. But this afternoon reps from Unite - which represents 100,000 NHS staff - have unanimously rejected the proposals.
Teachers refuse to sign pensions offer
ReplyDeleteTeachers refuse to sign pensions offer
6 January 2012
The two main teaching unions have today confirmed their opposition to the government's plans to force public servants to pay more and work longer for less pension in retirement.
NASUWT's national executive said it would not be signing the 'heads of agreement' and hit out at the Department for Education, with general secretary Chris Keates describing the negotiating process as "a debacle".
Ms Keates added the union would be writing to the secretary of state Michael Gove requesting an urgent meeting with the unions to discuss their concerns, according to a report on the UnionNews website.
Ahead of its national executive meeting next Thursday (12 January), the NUT has today also called for further urgent discussions with the government.
The union said it remained concerned about proposed increases in employee contributions and the increase in pension age, and confirmed it would appeal the High Court judgement on the imposed switch in pensions indexation.
NUT general secretary Christine Blower said: “We remain committed to a negotiated agreement on pensions but these proposals will not, in our opinion, serve the interests of teachers or the education system."
Yesterday Unite unanimously rejected the proposed deal for health workers and the British Medical Association raised the prospect of its first industrial action ballot for more than 30 years.
PCS's national executive meets next week to discuss the latest in the dispute that brought two million public servants out on strike on 30 November.