Conference set to step up pension campaign

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PCS Comment

22 May 2012

Delegates gathering for PCS's 2012 annual conference will be looking to steer the union through a period of unprecedented attacks on members' pensions, jobs, pay and general working conditions.

On the first morning (Wednesday 22 May) activists will hear from general secretary Mark Serwotka a detailed analysis of the unprecedented challenges facing the union, and how it must change to face them.

A motion from the PCS national executive committee condemns the government’s continuing assaults on the public sector and sets out a strategy for continuing the campaign, jointly with other unions, for an alternative of investment for economic growth and tax justice.

PCS members are facing:

Having to work longer and pay more for smaller pensions
Frozen pay while inflation soars
Big job cuts as services are slashed and organisations merge.

All of these issues will be discussed at the conference which is in Brighton from 23 to 25 May.

Other motions submitted to the union’s sovereign body cover subjects including: working arrangements during the Olympic Games; joint working with the Unite union; support for workers in Europe who are taking strike action to protect their jobs and the provision of legal services to PCS members.

Delegates from the union’s branches and councils instruct the organisation’s leaders on their priorities for the next year.

On the Wednesday lunchtime the union will unveil a major new pamphlet on an alternative to the government’s cuts – ‘Austerity isn’t working’.

On Thursday, we will launch a new report, ‘Why are they increasing the tax gap?’ by Richard Murphy, founder of the Tax Justice Network.

Conference highlights will be posted on the PCS website and on PCS's pages on the Facebook and Twitter social networking sites.

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