PCS PARLIAMENTARY BRIEFING: October 2010 PCS fear that the government's comprehensive spending review will put hundreds of
thousands of public sector workers out of work and is an unprecedented attack on the welfare state, public services, communities, jobs and benefits.
A clear alternative, that does not involve throwing tens of
thousands of public sector workers onto the dole — a move that would cost more than ten billion in lost tax revenue and increased state benefit payments.
Under our Right to Provide, tens
of thousands of public sector workers will be able to turn your department, your ward, your team into an employee - run coop, with a contract to your parent public service.
Next Thursday, July 10th, hundreds of
thousands of public sector workers will be on strike.
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.