Public Sector

The TUC believes in good public services, and that you cannot have good services unless those employed to deliver them are treated properly. This is where you can find out about the TUC's work on the public sector and public services. You can find older material by using the search facilities

The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Unions round on Government over unfair public sector pay policies
Delegates at Wales TUC Annual Conference in Llandudno have today (Wednesday 21 May), unanimously condemned the UK Government's continued attempts to hold down public sector pay below the rate of inflation and its policy of three-year pay deals in the public sector.
21 May 2008

TUC Response to the Julius Review of the Public Service Industry
The TUC is pleased to respond to the invitation to submit evidence for the Public Services Industry Review commissioned by the Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
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20 May 2008

Public sector workers to 'speak up' to MPs in June
Teachers, health workers, probation officers, social workers, civil servants, childcare workers and firefighters will be among public service workers representing the six million public sector workers in the UK coming to London in June to lobby MPs over the future of public services and to call for fair pay, the TUC announced today (Wednesday).
19 March 2008

More bad news for public servants in budget
Midlands TUC Regional Secretary Roger McKenzie said: “There is more bad news for public servants hidden in the Budget small print. Departments already need to find five per cent “efficiency” savings and public services are facing cuts of £30 billion a year. This is already leading to such absurdities as cuts in tax inspectors that will inevitably affect tax receipts.
12 March 2008

Union leaders meet with Chancellor to discuss public sector pay
TUC leaders this morning (Wednesday) met the Chancellor, the Chief Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) to press the Government for a new approach on public sector pay to safeguard the living standards of all public servants.
23 January 2008

TUC says failure to honour police pay award was 'a disastrous mistake'
On the day that thousands of police officers are planning to march and rally in Westminster over pay, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has today (Wednesday) sent a message of support from the unions to Police Federation Chair, Jan Berry.
23 January 2008

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