Benefit Centre to Become CMG

Today's news that Leicester Benefit Centre is to become a Child Maintenance site has come as a shock to most members.

Although it is not contact centre work, it will involve a lot of telephony work with many of the restrictions on flexible working & breaks that can involve.

PCS locally and nationally will continue to oppose any negative changes to your terms and conditions, and the service to our claimants, through negotiation and campaigning.

And remember the more we all support our union, the better it can support us.

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Teachers Dispute

I managed to catch some of the well attended NUT rally in Town Hall Square here in Leicester today.

They are striking because they are being asked to pay more & work longer for less pension.

They are striking because pay restraint means that their pay is being cut in real terms.

They are striking because their jobs are being privatised.

They are striking as they don't have enough staff to do the job effectively.

They are striking because idealogical changes introduced by their Secretary of State are making it harder for them to help the people that they serve.

If this sounds familiar, then the case for a united and coordinated programme of action by ALL public sector unions is unanswerable.

Unity really is strength.


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