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Public and Commercial Services Union

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Type: Organization

Name: Public and Commercial Services Union

First Reported Sep 03 2010 - Updated Sep 03 2010 - 1 Documents

Alliance for Green Socialism

Plaid trebled spending on this year’s general election

PLAID Cymru more than trebled spending on this year?s general election campaign, but failed to increase its number of MPs, figures published yesterday reveal.The party spent just 38,879 in 2005 when it won three MPs. This year it invested 144,933 but ... [Published Sep 03 2010 by Wales Online]

Entities: General Election, Wales, Alliance for Green Socialism, Elections, Nick Clegg

First Reported Sep 03 2010 - Updated Sep 03 2010 - 1 Documents

GCHQ

GCHQ trade union turn around changed culture

RESTORING trade union rights to staff at Cheltenham's GCHQ formed part of a "change of governing culture" according to former Prime Minister Tony Blair.Reversing the Tory decision to ban workers at the top secret listening post from joining a union was ... [Published Sep 03 2010 by South West Business]

Entities: GCHQ, Tony Blair, Public and Commercial Services Union, Robin Cook

First Reported Sep 02 2010 - Updated Sep 02 2010 - 1 Documents

Chris Huhne

Open letter to Chris Huhne on feed-in tariffs

Coalition of green, countryside and housing groups warns that cutting schemes that subsidise household generation of renewable energy would jeopardise job creation, energy security and greenhouse gas targetsDear secretary of state [for energy],A recent ... [Published Sep 02 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]

Entities: Chris Huhne, United Kingdom, Peter Kindersley, David Caro

First Reported Aug 26 2010 - Updated Aug 26 2010 - 1 Documents

Liberal Democrats

Government aims to help poor children

By Keith WeirLONDON (Reuters) - The coalition marked 100 days in office on Wednesday by setting a goal of improving prospects for poor children, despite its determination to cut spending and put the welfare system under scrutiny.Unions warn the cuts risk ... [Published Aug 26 2010 by Reuters UK]

Entities: Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Mohammed Abbas

First Reported Aug 19 2010 - Updated Aug 20 2010 - 1 Documents

Nick Clegg

Goal set to help poor children

Entities: Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Mohammed Abbas, CentreForum

First Reported Aug 19 2010 - Updated Aug 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Child Support Agency

PCS: fight this victimisation

Following a spate of sackings and victimisations at Hastings Child Support Agency, Public and Commercial Services Union activists are organising a march and rally to protest.Branch secretary Sam Buckley has become the fifth union activist to be fired ... [Published Aug 19 2010 by Workers Liberty]

Entities: Child Support Agency, Public and Commercial Services Union, Discriminatory

First Reported Aug 15 2010 - Updated Aug 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Plans to close the town’s county court slammed

ORGANISATIONS in East Staffordshire and South Derbyshire have slammed plans to close Burton's county court.The Citizens' Advice Bureaux (CAB) in the two regions have described the proposals to close the Station Street courthouse as a threat to people's ... [Published Aug 15 2010 by Burton Mail]

Entities: County Court, Layoffs, Ministry of Justice

First Reported Aug 11 2010 - Updated Aug 12 2010 - 2 Documents

Jobs surge despite spending cuts

Number of Britons claiming jobless benefits declined by 3,800 to 1.46m last monthBloombergA job centre specialist advises a job seeker. Half a million public-sector jobs may be eliminated by 2015, the British Treasury's fiscal watchdog forecasts.Image ... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Gulf News]

Entities: London, David Page, Public and Commercial Services Union

First Reported Aug 12 2010 - Updated Aug 12 2010 - 1 Documents

MoJ preparing for £2bn-worth of cuts, says union

The Ministry of Justice is preparing the ground for £2bn-worth of cuts, a union has claimed.The Public and Commercial Services Union said an announcement had been made to staff at the MoJ, outlining the need for the cuts to the department’s £9bn budg ... [Published Aug 12 2010 by Local Government Lawyer]

Entities: Public and Commercial Services Union, Ministry of Justice

First Reported Aug 11 2010 - Updated Aug 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Unemployment Falls But Average Earnings Drop

The largest rise in employment for more than 21 years helped drive the number of jobless down by 49,000 in the three months to June, official figures reveal.But average earnings slowed down, increasing by just 1.3% in the year to June compared with 2.7% ... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Classic FM]

Entities: Unemployment, Claimant, Layoffs, Public and Commercial Services Union

First Reported Aug 10 2010 - Updated Aug 11 2010 - 23 Documents

MoJ staff warned of £2bn cuts

Staff at the Ministry of Justice are bracing themselves for a job cull of around 15,000 employees, after a letter revealed plans to cut £2bn from the department’s £9bn budget.According to a letter leaked to the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), ... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Credit Today]

Entities: Public and Commercial Services Union, Mark Serwotka, Coalition, Ken Clarke

First Reported Aug 11 2010 - Updated Aug 11 2010 - 1 Documents

HR news round-up: HR stories making the headlines 11 August 2010

Up to 15,000 jobs could be lost at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), the Public and Commercial Services Union has warned. It follows a letter from MOJ finance director Ann Beasley to senior colleagues, which revealed plans to cut Â£2 billion from its budget. ... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Personnel Today]

Entities: Mark Thompson, Public and Commercial Services Union, Paul Stephenson

Quotes

Alongside other changes including the independence of the Bank of England, and compensation for Gulf War veterans, Mr Blair recalled: "On May 15, we restored trade union rights to GCHQ staff, reversing a Tory decision to deny intelligence workers – even those way down the chain – the right to join a trade union."

GCHQ trade union turn around changed culture [South West Business - Sep 03 2010]

Relations with the Histadrut (Israeli TUC) are likely to be strained further by this year's proposals. The main motion on the conflict will condemn "Israeli blockades of the Palestinian territories, particularly the Gaza Strip"

TUC likely to push for full Israel boycott [Jewish Chronicle - Sep 03 2010]

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Plaid trebled spending on this year’s general e... [Published Sep 03 2010 by Wales Online]
GCHQ trade union turn around changed culture [Published Sep 03 2010 by South West Business]
TUC likely to push for full Israel boycott [Published Sep 03 2010 by Jewish Chronicle]
Open letter to Chris Huhne on feed-in tariffs [Published Sep 02 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]
Government aims to help poor children [Published Aug 26 2010 by Reuters UK]
PCS looks to Bercow to scupper Maude [Published Aug 26 2010 by Public Service]
Tories in secret talks with unions [Published Aug 24 2010 by The Independent]
Tories in secret talks with unions as strikes t... [Published Aug 24 2010 by The Independent]
Britain: 15,000 jobs to be cut at Ministry of J... [Published Aug 20 2010 by World Socialist Web Site]
PCS: fight this victimisation [Published Aug 19 2010 by Workers Liberty]
Goal set to help poor children [Published Aug 19 2010 by Reuters UK]
'Come out fighting against the cuts' [Published Aug 19 2010 by This is Devon]
BAA workers offered lump sum and pay rise [Published Aug 17 2010 by Channel 4]
BAA airport strikes called off as deal reached [Published Aug 16 2010 by Channel 4]
BAA strikes called off [Published Aug 16 2010 by Channel 4]
Plans to close the town’s county court slammed [Published Aug 15 2010 by Burton Mail]
Unions hit out at Philip Green appointment to W... [Published Aug 13 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]
Unions hit out at appointment of Sir Philip Gre... [Published Aug 13 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]
MoJ preparing for £2bn-worth of cuts, says union [Published Aug 12 2010 by Local Government Lawyer]
Jobs surge despite spending cuts [Published Aug 11 2010 by Gulf News]
Unemployment Falls But Average Earnings Drop [Published Aug 11 2010 by Classic FM]
MoJ staff warned of £2bn cuts [Published Aug 11 2010 by Credit Today]
Fears for family courts in Â£2bn Ministry of Ju... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Communitycare.co.uk]
MoJ cost savings spark fears of widespread job ... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Legal Week]
HR news round-up: HR stories making the headlin... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Personnel Today]
U.K. Unemployment Falls as Economy Adds Workers [Published Aug 11 2010 by BusinessWeek]
Page with video Ministry Of Justice 'To Cut 15,... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Heart Radio London]
'15,000 job losses and jail closures' Unions wa... [Published Aug 11 2010 by Mail Online UK]
Cuts 'risk 15,000 justice jobs' [Published Aug 10 2010 by BBC]
Unions warn of "devastating" Ministry of Justic... [Published Aug 10 2010 by Morning Star Online]

Blogs

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Mark Serwotka should go \| Daniel Calder [Published Jul 07 2010 by Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk] The PCS's swaggering failure to negotiate has left its members exposed to terrible, and preventable, redundancy cuts And so that Ozymandias of the trade union movement, Mark Serwotka , has his "victory". Look on his works, ye mighty host of unfortunate ...
Abolishing the watchdog for teachers could put ... [Published Jul 02 2010 by Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk] We have kept unqualified, unsuitable and dangerous individuals out of the classroom You reported education secretary Michael Gove's decision to abolish the professional watchdog for teachers in England ( 'Deeply sceptical' Gove calls time on teaching ...
Public sector unions are living in fantasy land... [Published May 20 2010 by Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk] Reducing tax avoidance and MPs' expenses isn't going to get us out of this hole; public sector workers must accept a pay cut Articles from Mark Serwotka – general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union – and Dave Prentis – general ...
Ed Balls and John McDonnell launch Labour leade... [Published May 19 2010 by Politics: Politics blog \| guardian.co.uk] Rolling coverage as two more contenders officially enter the race to become the next Labour leader p> 11.39am: The Labour leadership contest is already underway, but today the contest is going to become more interesting. Two new candidates - Ed ...
Fight cuts with co-ordinated union action \| Mar... [Published May 19 2010 by Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk] There is an alternative to slashing public services and unions must forge a united front to resist the political consensus Today in Brighton more than 1,000 Public and Commercial Services Union representatives from across the UK will debate plans ...