PCS – Union pledges to resist any attempts to slash redundancy pay
Union pledges to resist any attempts to slash redundancy pay
Responding to news that the government is planning to drive through massive cuts to civil service redundancy pay, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
“The High Court ruled twice in our favour that it was unlawful for the government to cut civil service redundancy pay without the consent of its workforce.
“It is a disgrace that, simply because it failed to get its way, the government now appears to be prepared to change the law to make it easier and cheaper to sack tens of thousands of civil and public servants.
“Following the High Court decision, we immediately said we were open to negotiations to seek to reach an agreement. So it is shocking that the government does not seem willing to even test whether this is possible.
“This comes on the back of news that more than one million jobs could be lost in the public and private sectors because of the government’s cuts.
“There is an alternative to these cuts and we are clear that we will use all the means at our disposal to resist any attempt to make low-paid public servants pay the price for an economic crisis they did not cause.”
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Notes
– For information and interview requests, contact PCS national press officer Richard Simcox on 020 7801 2747 or 07833 978216
– The Public and Commercial Services union represents civil and public servants in central government. It has more than 300,000 members in over 200 departments and agencies. It also represents workers in parts of government transferred to the private sector. PCS is the UK’s fifth largest union and is affiliated to the TUC. The general secretary is Mark Serwotka and the president is Janice Godrich
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