PCS members have recorded a video to say why they are striking for fair pay on 10 July.
Our national executive has taken the decision to back joint action with other unions, following an overwhelming 73.7% yes vote of those who voted in a consultative ballot, which ended on Monday (30 June) asking members to back our 'We all need a pay rise campaign,' starting with a 1-day strike on 10 July.
We have sought central talks on our national pay claim of:
- £1,200 or 5% for all civil service and related staff
We must force the government to end the pay cap, to succeed with it.
Why we're striking
"We can win, if we stick together we're powerful," was the message from one of our members who appears on the 10 July video, who intends to join millions of other public sector workers in striking next week.
Others are striking because "they haven't had a decent pay rise for years," to "show the government that we've had enough as the cuts are getting seriously dangerous" and because they are "fed up of no pay rises and being overworked".
