Thousands of civilian workers in the Ministry of Defence and across the public sector are to join another national strike next month in the long-running dispute over public sector pensions where the coalition is robbing public sector workers of their pension benefits by forcing them to pay more, work longer and receive less.
The Unite
union said around 25,000 of its members, including vehicle maintenance
workers, technicians and drivers, will walk out on 10 May alongside
civil servants and health workers.
The move follows a 94% vote
rejecting the government's controversial pension reforms.
Civil servants in the Public and Commercial Services
union, health workers in Unite and members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
(RFA) are also striking on 10 May in what will be the biggest day of
action since last November's stoppage by more than 1.5 million public
sector employees.
Why we are striking on 10 May
The government want PCS members to:
- Pay more – Extra pension contributions have been imposed for most civil servants –with further increases planned for the next two years.
- Work longer – Civil service retirement is now linked to the state pension age – that’s already rising to 68 and the government says it will get higher.
- Get less – Changes to indexation from RPI to the lower CPI inflation mean pensions fall by 15 to 20%.
And a two-year pay freeze is to be followed by 1% rises. New regional
pay plans mean that everyone outside London might face further cuts.
We can’t afford not to
Civil servants and other public sector workers are uniting to defend everything we have worked for.
The government is
- Making civil servants pay up to three times as much for smaller pensions after working up to eight more years – or even longer.
- Freezing wages while prices are soaring
The strike is our chance to take a stand with colleagues from across
government departments and with other trade unions across the public
services.
We are demanding real negotiations with the government, not imposed cuts.
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