PCS
Civil servants vote for national strike
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) have overwhelmingly voted for ongoing national industrial action across the civil service as the government continue to fail to give assurances on job security, drive down pay and pursue a dogmatic policy of outsourcing and privatisation.
61.3 % of members taking part in the ballot voted for strike action and 77.9% voted in favour of action short of a strike as key services continue to suffer as a result of the government's drive to cut 100,000 civil and public service jobs, the use of consultants spirals out of control and staff face below inflation pay offers.
Court staff dispute escalates as solicitors strike
Court staff are refusing to work over the Christmas and New Year holidays as pressure builds for strike action over pay. Meanwhile wildcat strikes of solicitors have swept the country against reforms of the legal aid system.
David Hencke and Clare Dyer reported in The Guardian that festive rowdies could face being locked up in police cells for longer than they might wish over Christmas and new year following a decision by court ushers and security staff to refuse to work over the holiday period because of a pay claim.
National Gallery wardens strike as Velázquez exhibition opens
140 wardens at the National Gallery, London, are on strike today over changes to their holiday entitlement.
Managers at the National Gallery are attempting to replace Christmas entitlement with a one-off payment of £100, and unpaid "special leave". This would mean withdrawing the three days holiday they receive in exchange for working Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day and replacing this with two days unpaid leave.
Passport workers strike
Passport workers across the country are striking today over a pay dispute, with the workforce also engaged in an ongoing work to rule.
Up to 2,500 members of PCS working for the Identity and Passports Service (IPS) across the UK will be on strike today (13 Oct), causing severe disruption to passport processing in a dispute over pay.
15,000 Revenue and Customs staff join work to rule
Following a one day strike by 8,000 workers for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Large Processing Offices on 31st July, a further 7,000 workers in Distributing Processing offices joined a work to rule today.
Over 85% of PCS members employed at HMRC voted in favour of a ban on overtime and a work to rule in response to the introduction of new working practices called 'LEAN'.
1.5 million may strike over pensions
Workers in nine different unions are to be balloted for strike action over Whitehall plans to alter the local government pensions scheme.
Unison, AMICUS, the Transport and General Workers Union, GMB, FBU and the NUT are amongst the unions involved, in what has been described as potentially the largest walk-out since the general strike of 1926. Talks have been going on for a year around the issue.
Civil service jobs 'to go overseas'
Thousands of civil service jobs could be moved to call centres overseas in a bid to save the government £1 billion, a union is claiming.
The Public and Commercial Services Union says a leaked document from the Department of Work and Pensions shows that Secretary of State John Hutton is considering the outsourcing plan, which would hit staff in call centres in job centres and benefit agencies.
NHS Pensions Agency staff vote for strike action
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working for the NHS Pensions Agency (NHSPA) in Fleetwood have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over the effects of plans to privatise the agency.
80% of those taking part in the ballot voted in favour of a one day strike on 20 January. The agency which looks after the pensions of approximately 1. 25 million NHS staff is set for privatisation this year without a tender process or any competition.
Magistrates staff strike for better pay
Thousands of workers in Magistrates courts are walking out today after refusing to accept pay devaluation, rejecting a below-inflation rise.
Over 8,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) are set to walk out for the day. Magistrates courts could be closed as a result, and cases postponed.
Sister union Prospect, which represents support, administration and security staff, is also calling a strike.
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