Strikes at the heart of Scottish justice system
22 September 2008
PCS members in the Scottish Courts Service, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal’s Service, sportscotland and the National Museums of Scotland are the latest to strike in an ongoing campaign against Scottish Ministers 2% pay cap, which saw thousands of members in the Scottish Government and Registers of Scotland take part in two strikes earlier this summer.
This action in Scotland occurs as the union begins balloting 270,000 members across the UK on the UK government’s pay policy. The 2% cap on pay increases represents a real terms pay cut for PCS members for many earning less than £17,000 it is less than 60p a day over the next three years.
The strike action will be followed by an immediate two week overtime ban in the four areas, as well as the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency.
The PCS strikes take place the day before action by Unison, Unite and GMB across Scottish local government.
Eddie Reilly, PCS Scottish Secretary said: “This is the first departmental strike in the Scottish Courts Service for 30 years. As further sections of Scottish Ministers’ workforce express anger over pay, it seems that Salmond and Swinney are hibernating.
"Unless they resolve these disputes, they are locking themselves into three years of industrial unrest with their own Scottish workforce.”
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