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UNIONS should co-ordinate strikes for above-inflation pay rises in the public sector, TUC Congress heard today.
Civil Service union PCS said its members were still subject to a pay cap despite the government partially removing it for other public-sector workers.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “Civil Service workers and those in related areas were treated like second-class workers this summer when the government refused to lift the pay cap.”
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
