Sentences with phrase «over public sector job cuts»

The largest three - month fall in unemployment since 2000 will help distract ministers from looming strikes over public sector job cuts.

Not exact matches

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 jobpublic 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 jobPublic 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 figuOver 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 figuover pay, pensions, jobs, conditions and spending cuts, according to union figures.

«Over the last few years we have seen countless public sector IT contracts fail, such as the delivery of tax credits, and the level of services provided by departments reduced in the face of massive job cuts,» said general secretary Mark Serwotka.

His claim that unemployment will fall rather than rise in the course of this Parliament is based on the OBR assessment, rapidly rushed out to give ammunition to contest the anticipated Harman attack (incidentally providing the first suspicions about the OBR's objectivity), that whilst 600,000 public sector jobs will be lost by 2015 - 6 and a similar figure (though unspecified) in the private sector as a result of the public spending cuts, some 2.5 m jobs will be created over the same period in the private sector.

Instead of competing with the Tories over cuts, Labour should be demanding a major public sector investment programme of job creation in infrastructure, housing, and service provision funded, not by any increas in public borrowing, but by taxing the 0.1 % super-rich on their # 190bn gains since the crash 4 years ago.

They predicted that even though the private sector will create 1.5 million jobs over the next five years it will not be sufficient to negate public sector job cuts, bring down unemployment or mop up new entrants to the labour market.

Public sector staff in eight more prisons have learned they face privatisation just two weeks after job cuts were announced by the company set to take over Birmingham prison, the Public and Commercial Services union says.

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.)

Nearly 500,000 public sector jobs will be slashed over the next four years as the government tries to clear its deficit with its biggest round of spending cuts since World War II.

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.

Public sector DB plans: Taxes may rise, spending cuts enacted, forced contributions to retiree plans negotiated, plans terminated for a 457 plan, partial plan termination, job cuts, funny accounting practices (worse than the private sphere), brinksmanship over debts, etc..