A major demonstration will take place in Manchester on Sunday, 1 October 2017 on the day that the Conservative Party Conference opens. The demonstration has been called by the People’s Assembly and is supported by all major trade unions including PCS. PCS is calling specifically for a decent pay rise for all and for investment … Continue reading Sunday, 1 October 2017: National Demonstration – No More Austerity. We All Deserve a Pay Rise

A Tory peer has argued Brexit is a good thing because it will mean the end of safety laws that protect young people from long working hours. Lord Harris, a retail tycoon estimated to be worth more than £100m, claimed he could only employ staff for 35 hours a week under current EU laws. However, … Continue reading Tory peer says Brexit will free him to overwork youngsters

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Click on heading and then please see the link  with the details of  the march on 1 October for your attention.            NW-RB-095-17 Anti-Austerity March 1 Oct  

Please click on this link for the latest news on the PCS Campaign to defend Offices, Jobs and Public Services. http://www.pcs.org.uk/department-for-work-and-pensions/news/southall-jobcentre-votes-for-action

Please see the attached link to the PCS website. http://www.pcs.org.uk/department-for-work-and-pensions/news/pcs-campaign-to-defend-offices-jobs-and-public-services-ramps    

Ministers have spent almost £40m in an “appalling” attempt to use ‘fit for work’ tests to stop sick and disabled people receiving the financial help to which they are entitled. Freedom of Information requests by The Independent have revealed how taxpayers’ money has been spent on futile legal battles to prevent vulnerable people receiving help.  … Continue reading Government squanders millions hounding the sick

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PCS will hold a consultative ballot among members hit by the 1% public sector pay cap during October/November to send a clear united message to the government as part of phase two of our pay campaign. We’ll be building towards the ballot, ahead of the November Budget, with a series of events and activities which will need … Continue reading Scrap the pay cap: keeping up the momentum

Far fewer firms are facing the courts for their workplace health and safety crimes, latest figures show.  The TUC says while the fines total had risen sharply since new sentence guidelines were introduced, the number of prosecutions taken by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has plummeted. The union body says according to the latest … Continue reading Prosecutions for health and safety crimes plummet