Lowestoft Coalition Against the Cuts and Waveney Trades Union Council supported the TUC-organised Decent Jobs Week outside Lowestoft’s Sports Direct. There are now over 1.4m people working on Zero Hours Contracts, counted as a job but with no guarantee of work or pay. These “employees” can be called in to work or simply be left…
There was solid support for NHS strike action on Monday 24 November. Waveney TUC and Lowestoft Coalition Against the Cuts joined health unions when all sections of NHS staff took action and some 75 pickets lined up outside the James Paget Hospital. After years of frozen pay the government has refused to pay the 1%…
Fire Minister Penny Mordaunt is still sticking to the same position: fire fighters will pay more into their pension, work longer and get less in return. Those who cannot work until 60 risk losing up to half of their pension. Fire fighters have continued their campaign including a lobby of the Commons but no further…
The PCS, the civil servants union, is one of the most progressive and aware unions and its leader Mark Serwotka has repeatedly called for united action by unions against pay and pension cuts – and against cuts to our services and benefits. The government is now targeting the PCS. A leaked memo from tax office…
Tough talk from Unison, the GMB and Unite has come to nothing. Local government workers have effectively had an 18% pay cut under this government. A one day strike over a 1% offer planned for last month was called off but the deal then put to them by the union was scarcely any better. It…
Carers and nurses were threatened with massive cuts to their pay and conditions after being transferred from the NHS to CareUK. After an unprecedented 90 day strike and nationwide support the workers have achieved a settlement which represents a softening of the imposed cuts. Workers are supposed to take their terms and conditions with them…
After being strung along for months and finally being promised that the government would take account of the firefighters case the answer was – no change, the proposals are exactly the same. Firefighters must pay more into their pension fund, they will receive less and they must work until they are 60, or lose up…
A solid strike at Benjamin Britten High School by NASUWT members saw some 30 determined members of staff picket the school. Headteacher, Andrew Hine. and the School’s Board of Governors have been attempting to add conditions to performance related pay (PRP) which have not been agreed with teachers’ unions. One strikertold LCAC that targets and…