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Union Responds To Shared Services Report
8 May 2008
PCS echoed concerns expressed by the Committee of Public Accounts today, over Cabinet Office claims that £1.4 billion will be saved each year through government organisations sharing corporate services such as finance and human resources.

Labour Candidates Turn Back On Government Public Sector Pay Cap
30 Apr 2008
Responses from a survey by PCS of those standing in this week’s local government and London assembly elections, show that 85% of Labour candidates and 87% of all candidates are against the government’s policy of capping civil and public servant’s pay to below inflation.

Union members in protest over loss of London health and safety Jobs
28 Apr 2008
PCS members at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) London headquarters are today staging a protest in response to a decision to close the office and move their jobs to Bootle in Liverpool.

Love Music Hate Racism Says Union
25 Apr 2008
Thousands of musicians, music fans, trade union members and activists from across London and the UK will gather at East London’s Victoria Park on Sunday to enjoy a free live music event and to say no to racism and fascism.

United action proves its worth
25 Apr 2008
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka and national president Janice Godrich have thanked members for their efforts in making the 24 April strike a success.

Coastguards start public sector pay strikes
23 Apr 2008
Later today at 7pm, over 700 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), working for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will signal the beginning of a series of pay strikes across civil and public services involving up to 400,000 people as they start a third 24 hour stoppage over below inflation pay and pay levels that fall way behind those paid to other emergency services.

PCS challenges Prime Minister on public sector pay
21 Apr 2008
The Public and Commercial Service Union today challenged Prime Minister Gordon Brown on fair pay for public sector workers as he addressed the Scottish Trade Union Congress Annual Congress in Inverness.

100,000 Civil Servants To Strike on 24 April
11 Apr 2008
Over 100,000 Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working across 10 government departments and agencies will be on strike at the same time as other public sector workers, including teachers and lecturers in a one day strike on 24 April in protest at the government’s policy to cap public sector pay to below inflation, which will result in cuts to living standards across the civil service.

Union supports MPs’ concerns for health and safety
21 Apr 2008
PCS today welcomed a report calling for a rethink over the removal of over 320 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) posts from London. The union also echoed MPs’ concerns that lack of resources in HSE are having a damaging impact on accident rates in the workplace.

Coastguards In Second Strike Over Pay
11 Apr 2008
The government and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are putting lives at risk by their continued refusal to negotiate meaningfully in a dispute over pay the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) warned today (11 April).

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