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The ballot for action has begun...
vote yes for strikes to
stop a jobs massacre
A crucial strike ballot has
begun for over 270,000 civil
service workers. It could mean
The larger the vote for strikes the
more workers will feel confident to take
extended action.
day or polling day.
The PCS plans to kick-start the
action with a two-day national strike
major strikes in the run-up to the Activists need to flood the offices on 8 and 9 or 11 and 12 March,
general election to defend workers’ with material about the attacks, and to followed by regional action.
conditions and to halt job losses hold meetings in every section. But this must not mean the end of
and privatisation. national action.
The government wants to get rid of ✸Go on to the streets This government is weak, and the
100,000 jobs—on the cheap! The PCS has already come out with next one will also be weak.
Gordon Brown, in his last days as some good ideas to build the campaign. But it will take serious resistance to
prime minister, is ripping up terms and Union members will lobby every single win.
conditions to clear the way for himself MP’s surgery at the end of February. This is not just a fight for civil
or Tory David Cameron to sack masses These need to involve as many people service workers.
of people. as possible. This is an early battle in the
Labour is slashing the compensation The union will hold a national government’s war on public services.
(redundancy pay) scheme. demonstration in London and has not The Tories will be completely
A worker on a salary of £24,000 who ruled out industrial action on budget united with them in attacking us.
has worked for the civil service for over But many other workers will
20 years would have redundancy pay cut support a fightback over such issues.
by over £20,000.
✸Campaign for action
A Network ✸Political action
Tory prime minister Margaret of resistance It needs to be a broad political
campaign that can appeal to every
Thatcher was pushed to introduce the Around 900 trade unionists, working person who wants to see
compensation scheme, but ministers campaigners, students, pensioners services protected.
now say it is too generous and wants and unemployed people came to The theme should be “Why are
to rob hard-working, low-paid public the Right to Work conference of public services and those who work
servants Resistance and Solidarity on 30 in them getting the chop while the
Labour wants major job losses January. bankers have been handed billions?”
across the civil service and in crucial It voted to give full support to This needs to be forced on to the
public services to pay for the billions the PCS campaign and is holding agenda of the general election so that
meetings across Britain to win wider nobody can ignore it.
handed to the bankers and the bosses. backing.
PCS union members need to take a For details and to get involved go to And the planning needs to start now
full part in the campaign to get a big www.righttowork.org.uk for hard-hitting strike action that can
yes vote. shake all the political parties.
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