PCS members in the MoD group have delivered massive support for action in defence of the civil service compensation scheme on 8 and 9 March.The action was also well supported across our union as a whole, which has undoubtedly had a massive impact on the delivery of the services that PCS members provide across the civil and public service. This will send a clear message to the government that our union will not allow them to tear up our contracted accrued rights without a fight.
The report backs from picket lines have been fantastic for the MoD group with all but one indicating that this is the best-supported action in recent memory. We believe that up to 80% of MoD members observed the action. This is a clear indication of members’ anger and resolve to make a stance to defend our accrued rights.
Attached is a leaflet that gives you a feel of the support we delivered on the 8 & 9 March. Click here to access it. We should be proud of what we achieved.
There are still report backs missing from 25 of our branches, which we know in most cases they had picket lines. We have however 9 branches that did not have picket lines on either of the days.
I hope you find this useful when going out to members to show the impact and support that we delivered.
You have already contributed to put intense pressure on the Government to re-open negotiations. The media coverage was unprecedented both at a national and a local level and we were able to get our message out to a wider audience. More MP’s have now signed Early Day Motion (EDM) 252 up to 162 which represents 1/3 of all MP’s eligible to sign an EDM.
It is now necessary to increase the pressure further before the 1st April when the Government are attempting to force through these proposals. Therefore the National Executive Committee has called a further day of strike action on the 19 March. We still believe that there is the opportunity for a negotiated settlement if there is the will on the part of our employer. But they still need to see our strength of feeling against their actions so far.
We are asking you to dig deep to keep the pressure up and take this next step on 24 March.
