Articles tagged with: civil service strikes
British Museum rejects claim it has refused to offer staff £1,500 lump sum
29 Jun 2023 Civil Service Reform
British Museum rejects claim it has refused to offer staff £1,500 lump sum
Institution says it sets its own pay awards and has offered unions talks on cost-of-living payment
PCS announces British Museum strikes after 'deeply insulting' refusal to pay £1,500 lump sum
28 Jun 2023 Culture
PCS announces British Museum strikes after 'deeply insulting' refusal to pay £1,500 lump sum
Union warns of further disruption if employers fail to commit to making the payment
PCS suspends driving examiners' strikes to negotiate terms of £1,500 payment
15 Jun 2023 HR
PCS suspends driving examiners' strikes to negotiate terms of £1,500 payment
Union raises concern about "unacceptable" plans to pay part-time DVSA staff less than the full lump sum
Strikes to go ahead despite offer of £1,500 cost-of-living payment
06 Jun 2023 HR
Strikes to go ahead despite offer of £1,500 cost-of-living payment
PCS to consider offer as civil service bosses say they hope lump sum will bring walkouts 'to an end'
Civil servants offered £1,500 cost-of-living payment to break strikes deadlock
02 Jun 2023 HR
Civil servants offered £1,500 cost-of-living payment to break strikes deadlock
Lump sum offered “in recognition of the pressures” faced by officials last year, Cabinet Office says
Bowler-hatted union barons and naked mandarins: Looking back at the first national civil service strikes
02 Jun 2023 Civil Service Reform
Bowler-hatted union barons and naked mandarins: Looking back at the first national civil service strikes
A trip back to the 1970s reveals the parallels – and some big differences – between the first ever civil service strike and current walkouts
Unions pause strike plans after breakthrough offer of 'meaningful talks'
26 May 2023 HR
Unions pause strike plans after breakthrough offer of 'meaningful talks'
FDA pauses industrial action ballot and Prospect cancels planned all-out strike next month
Stop using rapid-response teams for 'strike breaking', PCS says
25 May 2023 Civil Service Reform
Stop using rapid-response teams for 'strike breaking', PCS says
Union says staff are deployed "often against their own will and conscience” to "undermine" strikes
One-off payment for civil servants was on the table but ‘fell apart in 24 hours’, says union chief
12 May 2023 HR
One-off payment for civil servants was on the table but ‘fell apart in 24 hours’, says union chief
FDA’s Dave Penman says Cabinet Office “promised” cost-of-living boost similar to NHS and teacher offers during pay talks
Civil service walkouts to continue after fresh vote – but DWP staff miss strike threshold
10 May 2023 HR
Civil service walkouts to continue after fresh vote – but DWP staff miss strike threshold
FCDO could see first action in PCS's campaign over pay and conditions, but turnout falls short at DHSC
Civil service’s biggest union grows as pay battle intensifies
11 Apr 2023 HR
Civil service’s biggest union grows as pay battle intensifies
PCS says headcount grew by almost 5% in 2022 and is continuing to rise as strike action continues
Get your act together and start serious pay negotiations, civil service unions tell ministers
03 Apr 2023 HR
Get your act together and start serious pay negotiations, civil service unions tell ministers
Latest plea comes as PCS begins new strikes and Prospect warns of more to come
Passport Office staff to strike for five weeks as union ramps up pay dispute
17 Mar 2023 HR
Passport Office staff to strike for five weeks as union ramps up pay dispute
Around 1,000 Passport Office staff are set to strike, close to a quarter of the organisation's workforce
Ministers accused of 'treating civil servants differently' as NHS pay deal agreed
17 Mar 2023 Health & Social Care
Ministers accused of 'treating civil servants differently' as NHS pay deal agreed
Government "treating their own workforce worse than anyone else", unions say after "failure to hold meaningful talks"
Cabinet Office 'has rejected meaningful talks' over strike action, says union
10 Mar 2023 HR
Cabinet Office 'has rejected meaningful talks' over strike action, says union
Prospect blasts Cabinet Office's "cavalier approach" to pay negotiations, criticising 10-day response and non-offer
Government's plans to limit strikes ‘incompatible’ with human rights law
06 Mar 2023 HR
Government's plans to limit strikes ‘incompatible’ with human rights law
Anti-strikes bill that could affect Border Force civil servants is “heavy-handed” and “flawed”, committee says
HMRC staff to walk out after reballot on pay
28 Feb 2023 Civil Service Reform
HMRC staff to walk out after reballot on pay
Extra 33,000 civil servants will join strikes next month, says PCS
Second civil service union votes to strike
28 Feb 2023 HR
Second civil service union votes to strike
Tens of thousands of departmental staff who are Prospect members will walk out on 15 March
DVSA and Ofsted staff to strike
21 Feb 2023 Education
DVSA and Ofsted staff to strike
PCS union tells government to put forward "concrete proposals" to resolve pay and conditions dispute
'One crisis and I will be homeless': view from the civil service picket line
01 Feb 2023 Civil Service Reform
'One crisis and I will be homeless': view from the civil service picket line
CSW visited the Cabinet Office picket line, where PCS members are striking over pay amid the cost-of-living crisis
Civil service pay talks branded a 'farce' as unions say Cabinet Office minister had 'nothing to offer'
12 Jan 2023 HR
Civil service pay talks branded a 'farce' as unions say Cabinet Office minister had 'nothing to offer'
Further strike action threatened as unions criticise lack of offer to address their pay and conditions concerns
Anti-strike legislation 'reprehensible and vindictive', union says
11 Jan 2023 HR
Anti-strike legislation 'reprehensible and vindictive', union says
PCS pledges to fight bill aimed at maintaining minimum service levels in Border Force and elsewhere