Civil service: continue the dispute!
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of PCS, recently stated...
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Mark Serwotka, general secretary of PCS, recently stated...
Our strike action has forced concessions from the government, but they are nowhere near enough.
On 2 June the government informed PCS, and two other civil service unions (FDA and Prospect), that it is prepared to allow departments the “discretion” to pay an additional £1,500 to civil servants “in recognition of the pressures that they have felt during the 2022/23 pay year.” The £1,500 would be unconsolidated, i.e., it will not increase salaries. Departments variously announced that they will implement the unconsolidated lump sum or that they would consider it in departmental negotiations.
PCS, by far the largest civil service trade union, met in national conference between 23-25 May 2023.
PCS, by far the largest civil service trade union, met in national conference between 23-25 May 2023.