PCS

No to workfare in Hackney

Submitted by Janine on Mon, 11/05/2009 - 16:03.

Dear friend,

I am emailing from London Coalition Against Poverty, a social justice group involved in campaigns for justice for workers of all statuses; the unemployed, homeless, and those demanding decent housing and better conditions.

As a campaign, we were involved in actions and attempted mobilisations around the appalling so-called Welfare Reform Bill, including a national week of action. The PCS also organised lobbying against the bill, but it passed in the third reading on March 17th. The bill calls for a number of draconian changes to welfare including the abolition of income support, radical changes to disability benefits, compulsory labour in the form of 'Work for your Benefits' and increased privatisation of Job Centre Pluses.


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PCS London March & Rally

Submitted by Janine on Sun, 07/03/2010 - 14:22.
09/03/2010 - 11:30
09/03/2010 - 13:00

(a) March

Assemble at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, St Georges' Road, London SE1, (near Imperial War Museum), from 11.30am onwards, (Nearest tubes: Lambeth North or Elephant & Castle).

The march will proceed along Lambeth Road to Lambeth Bridge - and then to the rally venue via Horseferry Road; Greycoat Place; Rochester Row; Emery Hill Street; Francis Street; and Ambrosden Avenue.

(b) Rally
The Rally is being held in Westminster Cathedral Hall, 42 Francis Street, London SW1P 1QW, (but, please note, the entrance is in Ambrosden Avenue). The rally will start at 1.00pm. It is being chaired by Janice Godrich and the speakers will include Mark Serwotka, (PCS General Secretary) and a representative from the Hewlett Packard dispute.




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HTUC Public meeting: Fighting Gordon Brown's pay and job cuts

Submitted by Janine on Fri, 12/10/2007 - 18:17.
31/10/2007 - 18:30
31/10/2007 - 20:30

Hackney TUC in association with the Public and Commercial Services Union and Unison
Fighting Gordon Brown's pay and job cuts

Wednesday 31st October, 6:30 pm
Hospitality room, Hackney Empire,
291 Mare St, Hackney

Speakers: Mark Serwotka, PCS General Secretary; Janine Booth, RMT; Glenn Kelly, Unison NEC (pc); CWU activist (invited)

Gordon Brown is insisting that public sector workers must accept pay cuts in real terms in order to combat inflation - yet public sector workers are the victims of inflation, not the cause.


PCS strike

Submitted by Janine on Tue, 24/01/2006 - 09:06.
01/01/1970 - 00:00

Details here.


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PCS strike

Submitted by Janine on Tue, 24/01/2006 - 09:06.
01/01/1970 - 00:00

Details here.


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Support PCS strike

Submitted by Janine on Tue, 24/01/2006 - 09:01.

 Stop the cuts

Our comrades in PCS are on strike this week on Thursday and Friday over the issue of cuts. Please show support on the picket lines on Thursday and Friday (from 7:00 'til about 10:00). The staff entrance is in Wilton Way behind the Hackney Empire.

Info about the strike from PCS General Secretary, Mark Serwotka, follows...


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Strikes and rally to defend pensions

Submitted by Janine on Sat, 19/03/2005 - 08:39.
01/01/1970 - 00:00

Assemble 11am, Holborn Tube.
March to Trafalgar Square for rally at 1pm.


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Letter to Hackney Gazette: Save our pensions

Submitted by Janine on Mon, 13/12/2004 - 11:06.

Marching for pensions

Last week, the government announced its proposed changes to civil service pensions. The retirement age will rise from 60 to 65, and the 'final salary' pension will be replaced by a new 'whole career average' pension.

In other words, civil service staff will have to work longer to get less. They are left with uncertainty about how they will get by in retirement, after a longer and more exhausting working life.


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PCS fight against jobs massacre: "A marvellous start!"

Submitted by Janine on Thu, 11/11/2004 - 20:19.

PCS strikers march


Local PCS representatives report on a strong day of strike action on Friday 5 November. Read the text below, or download this as a two-sided leaflet here.



"The Government should take note, you cannot improve public service when you sack 104,000 workers ...you take on your own workforce at your peril..." (Mark Serwotka, London Rally 5th November 2004)


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