On May Day, thousands of Puerto Rican teachers, parents, and students launched strikes and boycotts to push back against austerity measures that would close nearly 300 schools, lay off 7,000 teachers, convert public schools into privatized charters, and
cut public sector pensions.
Mr Barber's latest attack on the government comes as his organisation prepares for the «TUC Day of Action» on November 30th when up to three million workers will take part in stoppages, meetings and rallies in protest over the government's decision to
cut public sector pensions.
Speaking after today's (27) meeting with ministers over the government's plans to
cut public sector pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.
Responding to reports that Danny Alexander will later today (17) announce the government will not change its mind on
cutting public sector pensions, Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said.
They do not accept this race to the bottom,
cutting public sector pensions in the same way as private sector pensions have already been cut.
Cutting public sector pensions won't help private sector workers — it will just make everyone poorer in retirement.
Not exact matches
Eroding
pension plans by shifting risk onto vulnerable employees and retirees with limited ability to absorb income
cuts is quite in keeping with the Harper government's determination to lower the boom on
public sector workers and improve the profitability of their corporate friends in the private
sector.
The ground is being prepared for a neoliberal «cure»:
cutting back
pensions and health care, defaulting on
pension promises to labor, and selling off the
public sector, letting the new proprietors to put up tollbooths on everything from roads to schools.
The peak industry group, which represents more than 60,000 businesses across manufacturing, engineering, telecommunications, mining, airlines and related
sectors, will caution the Turnbull government against large
cuts but call for careful spending reductions across aged care, health, the
pension system and the
public service to fund a company tax
cut as a key priority.
«The shadow chancellor has wrapped up
public sector cuts,
public sector pay freezes, a rise in retirement age and reduced
pension rights in warm words that will ring hollow with Britain's army of
public sector workers.»
As part of the ongoing talks over wider
cuts to
public sector pensions, ministers have since ruled out any negotiations on the issue.
Even if the recovery had been progressing as well as ministers might have hoped, we would still have seen the clashes over
public sector pensions, tuition fees and
cuts to
public services - police, schools, the NHS - currently driving the government's popularity downwards.
On the other hand, however, PM Samaras and his negotiators did present creditors substantiated counterarguments in response to nonsensical austerity measures that would only deepen the recession (cross-cutting
public sector job and
pension cuts).
Then Wednesday will see a massive walkout by
public sector workers protesting against
cuts to their
pensions arrangements.
In the past few months, the leaders of all the
public sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over pensions, while this week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job
public sector unions threatened a mass strike of three million workers over
pensions, while this week the
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted members on industrial action over civil service job
cuts.
Public sector workers in Britain have gone on strike today in a row over pay,
pensions, conditions, jobs and spending
cuts.
Over a million
public sector workers are set to take industrial action against the government in a series of rows over pay,
pensions, jobs, conditions and spending
cuts, according to union figures.
Public sector workers are striking today over a row on pay, conditions,
pensions and spending
cuts.
The new coalition government in Britain has begun a process of attacking working class living standards through
public spending
cuts, slashing
public services and reducing
public sector pay, jobs and
pensions.
By 2012, state contributions to many
public sector pensions will be
cut, saving # 1 billion a year.
No - one really wanted to set out where the
cuts will hit, and we had diversionary tactics such as talking about
public sector pensions for the few very well paid
public sector staff that won't make any real contribution to reducing the deficit.
That realisation lent an apocalyptic tinge to events this week, as union members met in London to plan a «mass movement» against
cuts — a movement which would kick off with a nationwide strike over
public sector pensions.
A source close to the mayor said: «It is impossible to justify spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers money on
pensions at a time of severe
public sector cuts and wage freezes.
«David Cameron's claim that he wants to maintain a discussion with the unions is undermined by him saying in the next breath that he's not prepared to negotiate on the specific issue of the change from the RPI to CPI index for
public sector pensions - which represents a massive
cut in the value of
pensions.
«This coming year is going to be one of the most challenging years for the trade union movement - and
public sector trade unions in particular - as the coalition government seeks to make the
public sector and its workforce pay for the crisis, through
cuts to jobs, services, pay and
pensions.
They also admit that money
cut from
pensions will go to the Treasury to help pay off the deficit, not into
pension schemes, which the union says amounts to a tax on working in the
public sector.
The union says the government's slash and burn approach to tackling the budget deficit will mean vital
public services are axed, hundreds of thousands of
public sector workers will be thrown out of work, and those that remain will have their pay and
pensions cut.
The main civil servants» union, the
Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face&r
Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support
public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face&r
public sector workers taking action over
cuts in their
pensions as «a slap in the face».
Senior elected representatives of the
Public and Commercial Services union, by far the largest union in the civil service, today (11) confirmed a rejection of the government's planned cuts to public sector pen
Public and Commercial Services union, by far the largest union in the civil service, today (11) confirmed a rejection of the government's planned
cuts to
public sector pen
public sector pensions.
But it is a strange idea of fairness to argue that because private
sector staff have seen big
cuts in their
pensions, then so must the
public sector.
Public sector workers are taking part in a series of strikes across the country over disputes involving pay,
pensions and
cuts.
The ability to avoid too much unpalatable
cutting was the consequence of finding # 7bn extra
cuts / effective tax rises from the Welfare budget and from Child Benefit, along with rises in
public sector employee
pension contributions, though it was disappointing (but not surprising) that misdirected programmes such as winter fuel payments survive intact.
«These are the same people who protected their own
pension scheme but
cut the
pensions of the lowest - paid
public sector workers,» he added.
The protests come as governments across the eurozone push through
cuts to
public sector pensions, wages and services, in return for a financial bailout.
Contrast that with Mr Cable's clear demand that we must slash spending on
public -
sector pensions,
cut back sharply on our global defence commitments and overhaul the ruinous tax credits system.
MORI's poll asked if people supported strike action by «people in a numbre of
public sector jobs» over job
cuts, pay levels and
pension reductions — they found 48 % in support, 48 % against (Ipsos MORI, 19th June.)
More budget analysis from Channel 4 News - Gary Gibbon: billions of reasons for raising VAT on budget day - «Council tax freeze» softener for budget
cuts - Cuts could test Lib Dem unity - FactCheck: gold - plated public sector pensi
cuts -
Cuts could test Lib Dem unity - FactCheck: gold - plated public sector pensi
Cuts could test Lib Dem unity - FactCheck: gold - plated
public sector pensions?
The law would require most
public sector workers to contribute more to their health care and
pensions, changes that amount to an average 8 percent pay
cut.
At a fringe meeting organised by the GMB union, Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said the unions should not be threatening strike action over
cuts to
public sector pensions.
The bloated
public sector needs «savage»
cuts, especially to pay and
pensions.
Ministers say the change will bring those claiming benefits in line with
public sector workers but the Shadow Work and
Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne said the
cut will affect more working families than those who are out of work.
More than a million
public sector workers are expected to strike in a series of disputes with the government over pay,
pensions and job
cuts.
And it's often middle class
public sector workers who've have had their pay and
pensions cut to pay for a debt they didn't create.
Public sector unions can breathe a sigh of relief after last month's state Supreme Court ruling: an Illinois
pension reform law that would have
cut benefits for existing workers was declared unconstitutional.
The Colorado Supreme Court recently restored a measure of fiscal sanity to
public sector retirement law in the Centennial State by reversing a Court of Appeals ruling which said that the state could not
cut cost - of - living adjustments to help return the state's
pension system to health.
In addition to school closures and charterization of the island's school system, FMPR is also fighting proposed
cuts to
public sector pensions, which the board has suggested should be
cut by 25 percent.