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United Kingdom

A gold medal for solidarity

London's bus workers have won a huge victory. Now, it's the cleaners' turn.
Just three days before the opening of the Olympic games in London, London's bus drivers have won a big victory. As their union Unite reported, the workers "overwhelmingly voted to accept an offer of an Olympic award, meaning most workers will get £577 for the massive increase in workload over the Olympics.”

Strike action hits across the UK

10 May 2012
Workers on strike in Glasgow

Across the UK hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are on strike in protest at government plans to make them work longer and pay more for smaller pensions.

7 out of 10 wants renationalization of water services

10 May 2012
Water tap

UK Opinion poll reveals that 70 per cent of population wants renationalization of water services.

Pensions staff in UK forced into risky privatisation experiment

02 May 2012
PCS banners

Hundreds of pensions staff will be forced out of the public sector as part of a risky privatisation experiment, the Public and Commercial Services union says.

Serious attacks on pensions for UK firefighters

26 April 2012
Fire and firefighter

The UK government wants firefighters to pay higher pension contributions, work at least five years longer and then receive lower pension benefits.

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Thousands rally in London to Save the NHS

07 March 2012
Save our NHS logo

Health staff and patients will rally in London on 7th March to say no to the government's Health and Social Care bill and to tell the UK government that the NHS is not for sale.

UK Civil servants start voting in new pensions ballot

28 February 2012
PCS logo

More than 250,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union in the civil and public services have started voting in a consultation over the next steps in the fight against the government's cuts to pensions.

They will be asked two questions: do they reject the government's latest pensions offer; and do they support an ongoing joint union campaign for fair pensions for all.

Fair public sector pensions

06 January 2012

PSI affiliates in the UK continue their campaigns for fair public sector pensions, applying a variety of tactics.

SEIU message to PSI affiliates

25 November 2011

On 17 November 2011, tens of thousands of Americans took to streets and bridges across the U.S. in an unprecedented national day of peaceful protest to declare an economic emergency for the 99%.

Solidarity message to UK affiliates

24 November 2011

The Executive Board of Public Services International (PSI), meeting in Geneva on 23-25 November, extends its unequivocal support to PSI affiliates in the UK as they take action on 30 November in defence of fair pensions for all.