Tax Research UK (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
As the debate on staving off recession moves on to tax, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) will be holding a public meeting on ‘Closing the Tax Gap’ in committee room 5, House of Commons, Tuesday 18 November 3pm - 5pm. Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary will be joined by Richard Murphy of the Tax [...]
Tax Research UK (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
As the debate on staving off recession moves on to tax, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) will be holding a public meeting on ‘Closing the Tax Gap’ in committee room 5, House of Commons, Tuesday 18 November 3pm - 5pm. Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary will be joined by Richard Murphy of the Tax [...]
Miss Wagstaff Presents... (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Industrial action has been the talk for some time and civil servant members of the PCS union voted by a majority to take industrial action to defend pay. Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the PCS union has this to say: For years we have heard ministers and business leaders urging us to be restrained over pay claims. We were told that low pay rises are the key to low inflation and a stable economy....
Greenman's Occasional Organ (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
In a ballot over pay 54% of UK Public And Commercial Services Union members have voted to strike . From the BBC news site : General secretary Mark Serwotka said a quarter of civil servants earned less than £16,500 per year, with thousands paid just above the minimum wage. "The government's policy of capping public sector pay has hit some of the lowest paid in the public sector the hardest, leading...
Coventry Green Voice (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS union: "James Purnell's green paper, No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility (pdf) , proposes to abolish income support." "By withdrawing benefit from parents and carers you also withdraw support from their children ... The government is already preparing to withdraw income support from lone parents whose youngest child reaches age...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Mark Serwotka: The government wants to abolish income support but the adoption of Tory welfare policies offer no way forward in the fight against poverty
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
The second installment of the Top 100 Left Wingers list appears in the Telegraph today, conting down from 75 to 51. 51. (-27) TREVOR PHILLIPS 52. (NEW) DAVE PRENTIS 53. (NEW) JOHN DENHAM 54. (-4) MARK SERWOTKA 55. (-20) YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN 56. (NEW) NICOLA STURGEON 57. (NEW) JIM MURPHY 58. (-12) HAZEL BLEARS 59. (-4) GEORGE MONBIOT 60. (NEW) RICHARD WALLACE 61. (-4) MATTHEW TAYLOR 62. (NEW) IAIN GRAY...
Safety Joke (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
"The public should stay out of the sea over the Bank Holiday weekend as coastguards hold a national strike to demand more pay, a union leader said yesterday. Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PSC), said people should not venture out to sea unless absolutely necessary during what is expected to be the busiest weekend of the summer for coastal resorts" Prime...
ID in the News (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Gerry Braiden, writing in the Glasgow Herald, reports the Identity and Passport Service’s announcement of 114 job losses at its Glasgow office: Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary, said: “This news comes as a bitter blow to people who deliver a world-class service and will lead to a poorer service and an end to the processing of [...]
The Point Is (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Good on 'em. The regular Socialist Worker is postponed for a day and its place is a special for the public sector strikes today. The lead is 'United we can beat Brown' . There's a piece with Mark Serwotka of the PCS. There's a message of solidarity from the NUT. There's a claim that private sector workers are fighting too. And there's background about the global food crisis from Esme Choonara. Hope...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Mark Serwotka: A new report celebrates how much money can be made from privatisation – but it's worth reflecting on what this means
