Sentences with phrase «public sector pay strikes»

And shadow cabinet members from Corbyn down are even following more conventional rules about what they say in relation to contentious issues: McDonnell refused my invitation to support illegal public sector pay strikes on my show yesterday, for example.

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Kuwaiti oil sector employees sit in a shaded area on the first day of an official strike called by the Oil and Petrochemical Industries Workers Union over public sector pay Continue Reading

Some of it is the legacy of the 60s and 70s when public sector pay rise conflicts dominated politics and resulted in crippling strikes.

Assistant General Secretary of the TUC, Paul Nowak was optimistic about public support for Thursday's strike over public sector pay, and said: «We believe Britain needs a pay rise - and that applies whether you work in the private or the public sector.»

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Public sector workers in Britain have gone on strike today in a row over pay, pensions, conditions, jobs and spending cuts.

This demonstrates that most workers in the public sector do not want to lose a day's pay by striking but are being forced to do so by a minority in their union who have been wound up by the militant and ideologically - driven desires of union barons.

Public sector workers are striking today over a row on pay, conditions, pensions and spending cuts.

Large majorities think many public sector workers should be given pay rises above one per cent, and most Labour voters think their party should support strike action if pay demands are not met, according to my latest poll.

The TUC has voted at its annual Congress to support co-ordinated strike action over a public sector pay freeze.

Strikes are rare and the decision to lose a day's pay is never an easy one - especially for public sector workers who have suffered many years of pay restraint.»

With attacks on employee rights, union strikes, public sector pay, green industry and foreign aid and praise for Thatcher's right to buy, this is all becoming a satisfying event for right - wing Tory backbenchers.

They have asked: if they are prepared to threaten strike action that could see six airports closed over a one per cent pay increase, what will they do when the cuts to the public sector as ushered in later this year?

A recent Survation poll found people supported the last public sector strike by 61 % to 31 % and overwhelmingly wanted public sector workers to be paid more.

Unless the government does an about - turn on its plans to force public sector workers to work longer and pay more for much less pension in retirement, this first joint strike will include 750,000 public servants.

Around 70,000 public sector workers in Wales join a one - day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions.

Public sector workers are taking part in a series of strikes across the country over disputes involving pay, pensions and cuts.

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The move was denounced as a «democratic outrage» by the TUC, who said it would effectively end the right to strike in the public sector at a time when Conservatives are planning pay restraint and large - scale job cuts.

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.)

The relatively benign economic years of the recent past have meant the unions have not had to fund much strike pay and the coffers of the public sector unions, in particular, are overflowing.

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.

So all credit to shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith who said yesterday that public sector pay had been frozen «for too long» and that the upcoming strike on Thursday by teachers was «entirely legitimate»:

Before Justice Scalia passed away in February of 2016, the Supreme Court was set to strike down «agency fees,» which allow public sector unions to force non-members to pay for the collective bargaining efforts of the union.

Especially for the AFT, the ruling makes it even harder for the union, which works in the big cities that are the most - fervent hotbeds for revamping traditional teacher compensation and implementing other reforms), to keep the grand bargain it has long struck with Baby Boomers and other teachers to keep their profession the most - comfortable (as well as best - paid) in the public sector.

At a time when unions» strength could be significantly dampened if the U.S. Supreme Court rules as expected this year and allows public - sector workers to opt out of paying union fees, these strikes could be a good omen for worried public employees.