![]() ![]() Unison, the majority union with 460,000 members, says failure in talks is “almost inevitable”. Scheme-based talks will inevitably all be at different stages in the autumn and this will undoubtedly be used as an excuse to block united action. The most far-sighted, including this newspaper, realised that an indefinite general strike will be needed to stop the government’s austerity plans.īut the TUC strategy means no further strikes till November at the earliest. Many thought the next logical step would be a public sector strike drawing in NHS and local government workers. Millions of workers saw 30 June as the first shot in a campaign to unite all our struggles against the government’s austerity programme. However, Unison’s Dave Prentis said: “individual unions will be actively considering participating in scheme level talks… to reach a judgment on whether agreement is possible or whether they will enter into dispute and plan industrial action,” adding that the timetable “has been extended to October”. ![]() Mary Bousted, Christine Blower and Sally Hunt, leaders of the ATL, NUT and UCU, issued a joint statement saying they will “with regret, need to consider taking further industrial action in November.” PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka called for “maximum unity in the face of a government that has lost the nation’s trust”. On the positive side, civil service union PCS and the education unions, NUT, ATL and UCU, have remained united and determined to defend their pension schemes, encouraged by the magnificent 30 June strike. THERE HAS been mixed news about the public service workers’ pensions dispute over the summer. Jeremy Dewar monthly industrial overview updates us on the pensions dispute Tower Hamlets Unison has called an unofficial conference on pensions ![]()
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