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SNP MP Chris Stephens addresses the PCS conference in Brighton
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BRITAIN’S biggest Civil Service union is leading the fightback against “government ineptitude, which is hitting working people,” SNP MP Chris Stephens said today.
Addressing the annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the chairman of the union’s parliamentary group hailed the resolve of the union’s 185,000 members, whose national strikes over pay and working conditions have coincided with political turmoil in Westminster.
“What a year it’s been,” Mr Stephens told delegates gathered at the Brighton Centre.
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