The PCS union is organizing two days of industrial action on 8th and 9th March. This concerns unilateral changes being made by the government to the civil service compensation scheme, which will mean that those unfortunate enough to lose their jobs could lose a large chunk - in some cases over a third - of their redundancy pay along with some of their pension entitlement.
An Early Day Motion (EDM 251) has been signed by around 150 MPs of all parties - Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative - calling for a rethink over these changes and a return to negotiations. Hugh Bayley's name does not as yet (6th March) appear next to the motion but I sincerely hope he will be willing to support it. If cuts are to be made, surely the last thing we should be doing is stripping those unfortunate enough to be made redundant of their rights, many of whom may have given years of service.
I will be supporting those taking industrial action on Monday.
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