Civil Service Compensation Scheme: vote for strike action!
The civil service union PCS has announced that it is continuing to ballot its members over strike action, despite the announcement by the Cabinet Office that five unions have agreed to changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS). The ballot, which is scheduled to close on February 25, is covering around a quarter of a million civil service workers across all sectors, including Jobcentre staff, tax workers, court staff and driving examiners. The “agreement” reached by the five other unions (Prospect, FDA, GMB, POA and Unite) is a mixture of reserved rights for those over 50 and...