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| Unions push for showdown over pay | Unions push for showdown over pay |
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| Public sector workers are threatening to take "co-ordinated industrial action" against the government's below-inflation pay settlement. | Public sector workers are threatening to take "co-ordinated industrial action" against the government's below-inflation pay settlement. |
| Unions say a rise of 2.5% in two stages is not enough and could cost Labour votes at the next election. | Unions say a rise of 2.5% in two stages is not enough and could cost Labour votes at the next election. |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a muted response when he told the TUC annual conference on Monday that the deal was needed to keep inflation down. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a muted response when he told the TUC annual conference on Monday that the deal was needed to keep inflation down. |
| Delegates will vote on Tuesday whether to push for a campaign of strikes. | Delegates will vote on Tuesday whether to push for a campaign of strikes. |
| Our members are not the cause of inflation; they are the victims of it Mark SerwotkaPublic and Commercial Services Union Q&A: Public sector pay Spotlight on Brown speech class="" href="/1/hi/uk_politics/6989269.stm">Is strike action likely? | |
| A motion from by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) says it "deplores" the "pay limit" set by the government and recommends that unions "discuss coordinated industrial action". | A motion from by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) says it "deplores" the "pay limit" set by the government and recommends that unions "discuss coordinated industrial action". |
| PCS members at the Department for Work and Pensions have already rejected a three-year deal by an overwhelming three to one and are likely to be balloted on possible strike action within weeks. | PCS members at the Department for Work and Pensions have already rejected a three-year deal by an overwhelming three to one and are likely to be balloted on possible strike action within weeks. |
| Mark Serwotka, PCS's general secretary, said: "Our members are not fat cats, on inflation-busting salaries. | Mark Serwotka, PCS's general secretary, said: "Our members are not fat cats, on inflation-busting salaries. |
| "They are not the cause of inflation; they are the victims of it." | "They are not the cause of inflation; they are the victims of it." |
| 'Walkout' | 'Walkout' |
| A separate proposal from the National Union of Teachers warns that "unfair, discriminatory or demotivating public sector pay policies" are not compatible with high-quality services. | A separate proposal from the National Union of Teachers warns that "unfair, discriminatory or demotivating public sector pay policies" are not compatible with high-quality services. |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain are to address the TUC conference, amid a growing mood of anger at the pay settlement. | Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain are to address the TUC conference, amid a growing mood of anger at the pay settlement. |
| Prison guards have staged a walkout, while teachers, police and nurses have been among workers protesting at Mr Brown's public sector pay deal. | Prison guards have staged a walkout, while teachers, police and nurses have been among workers protesting at Mr Brown's public sector pay deal. |
| But, in his first address to the TUC as prime minister, Mr Brown said "pay discipline" was "essential to prevent inflation, to maintain growth and create more jobs - and so that we never return to the old boom and bust of the past". | But, in his first address to the TUC as prime minister, Mr Brown said "pay discipline" was "essential to prevent inflation, to maintain growth and create more jobs - and so that we never return to the old boom and bust of the past". |