SUPPORT PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS ON THE 24TH!


The NUT has called out its 230,000 members after they rejected a pay award of 2.45% for this year as part of a three-year package that represents direct cuts in their pay packets. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) is calling out 100,000 of its members from ten separate parts of the civil service, from the Department for Work and Pensions to the Home Office, over pay "offers" that range from 0% to 2%.
30,000 Further Education college lecturers from the University and College Union (UCU) are also taking action on 24 April, as part of their campaign to bring pay "up to that of school teachers" (it is 30% behind teachers at the moment and growing further apart year on year).

24 April will be of significance in the battle to defend workers' wages, but only if it is seen as the beginning of a determined fight and not just as a means of letting off steam. Unions like the PCS, RMT and POA have shown the way in being prepared to take action when necessary; DWP workers in the PCS have now struck on 21 days in less than four years in defence of their conditions. Teachers will be taking national strike action for the first time for 21 years -

The battle to end low pay and to win a decent pay deal is not just an issue for UNISON members but as the largest union representing public sector workers we need to make sure our union is part of the campaign of public sector unions and not stood on the sidelines.
UNITY IS STRENGTH is more than an historical phrase it is the way to win decent pay for all public sector workers!