Friday 5 April 2013, Nottingham

As part of their rolling days of action, members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) walked out of the Station Street Job Centre, Nottingham at 1pm today.

Their actions designed to highlight their concerns over pay, pensions and the governments continued austerity measures.  As part of continuing protest, the walk out is to be taken together with other national and sector-specific strikes and protests over the next three months.

I understand that PCS members, working at HM Revenue and Customs, will also be taking action on Monday 8th April.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: 

“These walkouts, following our strike on budget day, are part of an ongoing campaign of industrial action and protests to put pressure on a government that is refusing to even talk to us.

“Civil and public servants are working harder than ever to provide the services we all rely on but, instead of rewarding them, the government is imposing cuts to their pay, raiding their pensions and trying to rip up their basic working conditions.

“We have asked for talks but ministers and senior officials have refused, so we are taking action to oppose and shine a light on what are deeply unfair and unnecessary cuts to the living standards of hard-working public servants.”

Nottingham PCS Strike & Demo in Nottingham

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5479

PCS protests at changes to working conditions

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/3305

Nottingham Labour MP's response to Workfare

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5520

Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)

http://www.pcs.org.uk

Weekend of action starts on 5 April

http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/55F34F0B-1DA3-4C01-9F000054956E8DEF

PCS Briefing Next National Action / half-day strike  .pdf

http://www.pcs.org.uk/download.cfm?docid=8765C7D9-2A7C-420F-89C6AE7598CD818E

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ALAN LODGE 

Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham.  UK

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