Labour has committed “electoral suicide” over the public sector strikes – handing the next election on a plate to the Tories, top national union leader Mark Serwotka said in Birmingham.Read
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber told thousands of striking public sector workers at a rally in Birmingham: “Our campaign will go on until we have justice for every public servant.”
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Public sector workers in the West Midlands could face massive pay cuts or years of below-inflation pay increases after George Osborne announced plans to scrap national pay deals and introduce regional salaries instead.Read
Public sector workers in Birmingham and the West Midlands could be paid significantly less than colleagues in the south for the same job, under proposals announced by the Chancellor.Read
The Government has risked a fresh clash with unions after the Chancellor announced plans to cap public sector pay rises to 1% when a current wage freeze ends.Read
Industrial action over public sector pensions could descend into chaos in Birmingham on Wednesday as an organised demonstration had to be cancelled due to lack of funds.Read
A mass walkout by public-sector workers will definitely go ahead on Wednesday and could be the biggest since the 1926 general strike, a senior union leader has said.Read
No great surprise that last week’s strike by local government workers in defence of their gold-plated pensions failed to generate much in the way of support, either from council staff or the general public.Read
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