Sentences with phrase «action by civil servants»

Thousands of Revenue and Customs workers will stage a half - day walkout today, marking the latest phase of industrial action by civil servants over jobs, pensions and terms and conditions.

Not exact matches

No one would dispute the idea that civil servants do need to be accountable for their actions, but equally the last thing we want to see is government ministers evading their responsibilities by blaming others.

Action by up to 10 unions will be finalised at next week's TUC conference in London, said Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the civil servants» Public and Commercial Services union.

«If ministers continue to dig their heels in they will face industrial action by three million civil servants, health workers, teachers and other public servants that will not just last one day, but will be sustained for weeks and months.

Civil servants in Osun State are at the moment divided over the directive given by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, directing workers in the state to resume work after weeks of strike action.

Mr Barber suggested coordinated strike action, the possibility of which was also aired by Bob Crow of the RMT and Mark Serwotka at the civil servants» union PCS - the latter of whom said he would be planning joint industrial action across the public sector if his pleas fall on deaf ears.

Spurred to action by the recognition that being an educator is as much about being a civil servant as a classroom practitioner, preservice teachers learned that praxis means working in the community, engaging in leadership activities, charting unknown territory, being responsible to others, and following through on commitments.

The judgment by Karakatsanis, a former Ontario Court of Appeal judge and senior civil servant in the province, concluded that none of the actions was statute - barred.