I have been saying to my colleagues for some time that I thought that the Defence Support Group was a prime target for privatisation with supporting reasons why. As usual they looked at me as if I was talking in some sort of foreign language and then moved swiftly on. So I was [...]
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Mark Serwotka Re-Elected
PCS members have overwhelmingly re-elected Mark Serwotka for a third term as General Secretary of their union.
First elected in 2000, Mark Serwotka was returned for another five year term with 63.4% of the vote. His challenger received 36.6% of the votes cast.
With PCS members facing job cuts, privatisation, pay freezes and cuts to their redundancy [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2009
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PhotoHunt – Undesirable…
…OR – Yet Another of Those Days!
Today was the day of the PCS Midlands Regional AGM which was held in Nottingham. I knew it was going to be another of those days because I hadn’t slept very well and was tired when I woke up. Someone else’s mishaps along the way meant that at least [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Dec 11th 2009
Cheryl Pidgeon, Regional TUC Secretary, recently attended my local Trades Council meeting as guest speaker. She gave a lively talk covering her early life and the work positions she held before being appointed to the post of Regional TUC Secretary. She also explained that she has been involved in many campaigns including helping [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 6th 2009
No doubt most of you will have read the recent reports in the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail stating that MoD civil servants have earned in excess of £47 million in bonuses in the last six months. The Telegraph starts the article with this sensational comment:
Civil servants at the Ministry of Defence have [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2009
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PhotoHunt – Music
I was struggling for for inspiration for this theme, when I suddenly remembered that there was lots of music at the Women’s Chainmakers festival that I attended in September. We didn’t stay for all the music but this barbershop quartet were very good and also amusing.
There was also a brass band to lead the celebratory [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2009
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Shades of Autumn
For a few weeks now I have been wanting to go to Attingham Park to check out the autumn colours. Yesterday was the ideal opportunity. The weather was so lovely and for once I wasn’t already busy doing something else. It was even warm enough to sit outside in the sun and enjoy coffee and [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2009
