British unions out of step on Histradrut
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As PCS convenes this week (23-24 May) in Brighton for their annual conference, delegates will be be expected to vote on a wide range of issues, including some international ones.
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PCS needs more than one-day strikes
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A famous politician once said: “You must be able at each particular moment to find the particular link in the chain which you must grasp with all your might in order to hold the whole chain and to prepare firmly for the transition to the next link”.
NUT Exec votes down June strike date
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On Thursday 10 May the executive of the National Union of Teachers voted for a recommendation from general secretary Christine Blower and deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney: "That in the light of the responses to the survey of divisional secretaries and in the light of the positive work with the NASUWT the union should not proceed with a one day strike in June".
Relaunch the pensions fight!
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On 10 May the PCS civil service union is striking against the government’s “work longer, pay more, get less” changes to public sector pensions.
AWL PCS bulletin for 10 May 2012
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Make 10 May strike real. Make it big!
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The precise extent of the public sector pensions strike on 10 May remains unclear, as some unions are pushing the day as a mere “day of action”, while others emphasise walkouts and pickets.
Strike on 10 May!
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The National Executive of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) has voted to strike on 10 May in the battle against government pensions reform.
Civil service union members protest against EDL
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The far right, racist English Defence League demonstrated outside the Home Office in central London on 17 April.
Unite “aims for” strike on 10 May
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A recent decision by the leadership of the Unite union’s health section to “aim for” another strike over pensions on 10 May offers a glimmer of hope in the battle to revive a national industrial campaign on the issue.