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Pay Campaign Progress

The action by PCS members has begun to pay off. Make sure you read Pay Bulletin 24 and 25. They gives details of the extra money won by our campaign that will be paid in July to members on their max and the fresh talks on pay, flexi, PDS, job security, attendance management, and industrial relations. Keep up to date by clicking on http://www.pcs.org.uk/dwp every Friday for the latest news on pay.

The Dispute Goes On
This does not mean our DWP pay campaign is over. Despite this extra money the DWP pay offer is still well below our claim for a pay increase in line with inflation. The national union is in talks with the treasury over the national pay dispute. If they do not respond positively to our demands, the union’s NEC has agreed unanimously that a national industrial action ballot will be held in mid-September. We must all continue to stick together and fight for fair pay