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Union eve of election battle bus against job cuts - Glasgow

5 May 2010

Voters in Glasgow are being asked by representatives of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) to support a campaign against cuts to civil service redundancy terms. On Wednesday 5 May a battle bus will visit some of the main Government offices in Glasgow city centre including the Ministry of Defence, Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, DVLA, Passport service and DWP to highlight the union's opposition to drastic cuts to the civil service compensation scheme, which governs payments in the event of redundancy or early retirement.

The UK government’s decision to implement changes to the scheme without the union’s agreement has been challenged at a judicial review in the High Court in London and PCS is awaiting the decision.

A parliamentary motion supporting the union’s campaign against the cuts was signed by 176 MPs, 121 of whom were Labour backbenchers.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “Our members across the UK work very hard providing vital public services that communities rely on.

But this is under threat because the government is trying to make it easier to cut public sector jobs and privatise these services.

“We have had support from many MPs, including Labour backbenchers, so as well as highlighting the campaign to voters in these constituencies, we’re saying to ministers they now have an opportunity to show their commitment to public services and the people who provide them.”

PCS Scottish secretary Lynn Henderson said "Our bus in Glasgow will appeal to voters to put public services on the politicians' agenda. Whoever wins the general election the redundancy rights of hard-working public service workers are threatened.

The High Court decision is only one part of the campaign. PCS will call on the new Government to reverse the attack on our redundancy rights." 
 


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