The Socialist 4 January 2007

Super-rich pocket £18 Billion

Super-rich pocket £18 billion

We want our busses back!

Build for a March demo

Video National Save Our NHS Whitehall campaign Protest (340Kbits) (4 min video)

Merthyr fights Labour's 'designs'

Fighting the bosses' offensive

Saddam Hussein: Barbaric hanging deepens divisions

Frankenstein kills out of control monster

Arise, Sir Dodgy Dossier

Ipswich murders lifts lid on violent world

Vigil remembers the victims

Workers prepare for action over jobs, pay and services

Strike action brings victory

Victory for Surrey social workers

No to the 'Single Status' race to the bottom

Railworkers fight for quality of life

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Workers prepare for action over jobs, pay and services

NEARLY 300,000 members of the PCS civil service union are balloting for national strike action over jobs, pay and privatisation. The ballot began on 2 January and national action is planned to begin with a one-day strike on 31 January, followed by a two-week overtime ban.

Vicious government budget cuts mean that low-paid workers are facing below-inflation pay offers and 100,000 civil and public service jobs are under threat. This is while the government spent a staggering £7.2 billion on management consultants over the last three years.

The ballot closes on 23 January.

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