OPIN-2008- 0031 - PCS Strike Action

Published 07/06/2014   |   Last Updated 07/06/2014

WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF OPINION

TABLED ON 07/04/2008

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OPIN-2008- 0031 - PCS Strike Action

Codwyd gan / Raised By:

Leanne Wood

Subscribers:

PCS Strike Action

This Assembly notes:

-that PCS union members in the DWP took part in strike action over pay on the 17th and 18th March;

-that more than half of all DWP staff are paid less than £17,700 a year, with some on as little as £12,500;

- that the Department has imposed a 3-year pay offer, which would exacerbate this situation by providing an average 1% annual increase at a time when inflation is above 4%, and which has been overwhelmingly rejected by PCS members;

This Assembly supports PCS members' action and calls on the DWP to re-start meaningful negotiations.