PCS Left Unity National Committee
DEFEND PENSIONS - ESCALATE ACTION
NAME DAY FOR NATIONAL STRIKE
Organising Conference Saturday: Friends Meeting House
(opp. Euston Station) 7th January 2012 11am – 4pm
Chair: Janice Godrich PCS President
Speaker: Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary
(other speakers to be announced)
At the TUC’s Public Sector Liaison Group
Mark Serwotka on behalf of PCS argued the TUC should set the date for a
further day of nationally coordinated strike action to bring the
government into serious negotiations. Although there was some support
for this position the TUC general secretary Brendan Barber argued that
all the unions should sign up to a so-called “Heads of Agreement”, this
means the core issues, on which we took action, working longer, paying
more and getting less, are surrendered, just as the government have
wanted. Dave Prentis, the general secretary of Unison, argued for
acceptance of this “deal”.
It is almost beyond belief that when the
confidence of the movement is at its highest point in decades as a
result of November 30th and with an additional 100,000 recruits due to
the action such an abject surrender is being considered. Now is the
time to set the date, as early as possible in 2012, preferably January,
for a further day of nationally coordinated industrial action which
can be escalated by bringing even more unions on board including
workers, like those in Unilever, fighting to defend private sector
pensions.
The PCS Left Unity National Committee invites all activists from all unions to an organising conference on the 7th of January to debate how we can build the campaign to defend our pensions and fight the cuts and prevent any unacceptable “deal” that makes us work longer, pay more and get less.
This will be an organising conference, not just a debating forum. It is intended to arm activists with the issues so they can go back to their workplaces and into their unions in order to build a campaign that will secure justice on pensions.
To cover costs there will be a registration fee of £5 for waged delegates.
FAIR PENSIONS FOR ALL - STOP THE CUTS - NO PRIVATISATION
