Today was always going to be long but it turned out to be even longer than expected because the doorbell rang twice at 4.30am or maybe I was just dreaming and that didn’t really happen… Whatever I didn’t get back to sleep properly after that.
I had to get up early to man the picket [...]
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A Long Day
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 24th 2010
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All Set for Action
Tomorrow, PCS members are set for a third day of industrial action to defend the Civil Service Compensation Scheme. All we are asking is that the government sit down and talk with us rather than impose new conditions without a negotiated settlement.
So it will be another early start to another busy day for me. [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2010
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
PhotoHunt – Three
I had so many threes it was difficult to pick a favourite so I have chosen three threes.
The first picture is of friends and colleagues during a demonstration in Birmingham last week where we were campaigning to keep our terms and conditions.
The following two are a bit more lighthearted they are from my weekend in [...]
28 Comments CherryPie on Mar 19th 2010
The government have ignored PCS offers to resolve the dispute by negotiations rather than strike action. This has led to PCS members planning further industrial action on budget day next week:
Legal and Strategy Update – 18th March
The NEC meets on Thursday 25 March to plan the CSCS campaign through April. A factor [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 18th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Another Early Morning
For someone who doesn’t do mornings three in one week is just a bit much. This morning I had to get up very early to make my way to Clapham where PCS head office is located. It was time to go through the motions that had been submitted for our group conference in May.
I dislike [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2010
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First Day of Action
Today I awoke from my slumbers at a very unearthly hour so that I could join my colleagues on the picket line outside my building. The temperature when I arrived was -5 so I was glad I had dressed with extra layers.
Hundreds of civil servants across Shropshire launched a 48-hour strike joining the 270,000 [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2010
MYTH # 3. The discrepancy between private and public sector pensions needs to be tackled by punishing the public sector
REALITY. We should level up pensions – not level them down
What are the Facts?
Many justify attacks on public sector pensions by the decline in the number and quality of private sector defined benefit pension schemes.
Around [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2010
