Thursday 12 January 2012

PCS to call TUC for more walkouts over pensions

Public and Commercial Services union motion unlikely to succeed and could result in breakaway group taking action (reports The Guardian)


The largest civil service union will call for more public sector walkouts at a TUC meeting on Thursday after confirming its opposition to pension changes.


However, the call by the Public and Commercial Services union is unlikely to succeed and could result in a breakaway group of unions taking further industrial action.


Mark Serwotka, the PCS general secretary, said another bout of "co-ordinated strike action" was needed following a meeting of the union's executive, with teachers' unions and Unite among the organisations harbouring similar concerns.


A union source said the TUC meeting of public sector unionswill update senior figures on progress in pension talks but will not be used to set new strike dates.