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Trade unions must unite to fight back - says Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union. (Morning Star article)

The lack of clear support for the Tories in the general election and poor showings for Labour and the Liberal Democrats gives the next government no mandate for damaging cuts and further privatisation, PCS says.

(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.

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.

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.

Details here.

Details here.

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...

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