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 latest scheme is regional pay – which would mean wage cuts for everyone outside London.
The strike is your 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.
Who else is involved?
Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers across the civil
service, the health service and education will be joining the 10 May
walkout.
