LKY fucked in UK by massive Civil Servants' strike

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270,000 civil servants launch two-day strike


Up to 270,000 public service workers on Monday launched a two-day walkout over redundancy pay in the biggest show of industrial action by the civil service since 1987. Skip related content
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The strike by the Public Commercial Services Union (PCS) will affect courts, job centres, ports, benefit offices and emergency police call centres.

The union says members could lose over a third of their entitlements when they lose their jobs, due to cuts under the civil service compensation scheme.

The PCS said there was "incredible anger" among public servants who are seeing the terms of their contracts "ripped up".

"The Government is tearing up the contracts of low-paid civil and public servants whilst it claims it can do nothing about bankers' bonuses," said the union's general secretary, Mark Serwotka.

"Slashing entitlements and cutting jobs on the cheap will damage public services," he added.

From April, those laid off and taking voluntary redundancy will have their pay-offs capped at £60,000.

Currently, redundancy is calculated on length of service with a month's pay for every year worked.

The government called the strike action "very disappointing" saying that five out of the six civil service unions had agreed the changes were "fair".

"This package brings the civil service more into line with the rest of the public sector and still offers more generous terms than much of the private sector," said Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell.

Rallies will be held in towns and cities across the country, with further disruption planned in the run-up to the general election.

 

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MM Lee to be in United Kingdom from tomorrow
Mon, Mar 08, 2010
AsiaOne




Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will visit the United Kingdom from tomorrow until Friday, March 12.

He will meet First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Lord Peter Mandelson, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Alistair Darling.

MM Lee will also meet former Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair.


Only idiot Blair will meet idiot LKY. The current PM won't waste his time on old moron LKY!:oIo:

 

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The action will hit courts, ports, jobcentres, benefit offices, tax centres and emergency police call centres.

It is being staged by the Public and Commercial Services union, which is planning further disruption in the run-up to the general election.

The union is protesting over changes to the civil service compensation scheme, which it says will "rob" civil servants of up to a third of their entitlements.

It said it was expecting huge support for the strike, the biggest by civil servants since 1987.

Staff at government departments will be joined on the picket lines by workers in Parliament, museums and the Royal Courts of Justice.

The PCS union has warned that the action will result in the cancellation of driving tests and court cases.

Work at jobcentres, benefit and tax offices and the passport service will also be disrupted.

General secretary Mark Serwotka said the union's membership had grown since it announced the strikes last month.

He added: "There is incredible anger among hard-working public servants who are seeing their terms ripped up.

"The strike will show how vital these people are to the running of our society.

"Those on strike today deliver services that touch our everyday lives from the cradle to the grave."

Rallies will be held in towns and cities across Britain today and tomorrow, while picket lines will be mounted outside government departments, courts, jobcentres and other offices.

:: Around 1,000 PCS union members employed by Hewlett Packard, mainly on IT contracts for the Government, will take part in a two-day strike from today in a separate dispute, over pay and jobs.

 

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Irish unions to strike against budget cuts

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Nurses and teachers could announce strike dates in coming days after the Civil Public and Services Union (CPSU), which represents around 13,000 lower-paid civil servants, served formal strike notice on Friday.

The CPSU said selective action would start next week, with some stoppages of indefinite duration.

"We have tried to exert pressure on the government without widespread disruption to services," The Irish Congress Of Trade Union's (ICTU) public services committees chairman Peter McLoone said in a statement.

"There has been no progress (towards a settlement) and the action is now going to escalate to include the withdrawal of labour."

The government reduced public sector wages as part of wider spending cuts in December and it reiterated on Sunday there was no scope for restoring the reductions that have already been made and which have made Ireland a model for tough fiscal steps.

Many Irish public sector workers are already engaged in low-key, work-to-rule protests, in some cases refusing to answer phones or reply to emails, but have stopped short of repeating a one-day strike held last November.

McLoone said teaching unions had a mandate for a number of half-day stoppages while health unions might take co-ordinated action in the form of two-hour stoppages at hospitals.

Ireland's passport office has already said it was unable to guarantee usual turnaround times for passport services while the country's health service executive has told patients that they may have difficulty contacting it for services.

ALL-OUT CONFRONTATION?

In contrast to Greece, where unions representing half of the country's 5 million strong workforce are due to strike on Thursday, and Britain, where 250,000 civil servants walked out of work on Monday, Ireland has a history of peaceful industrial relations.

The severity and general public acceptance of Ireland's budgetary measures have helped its financial markets to perform better than those of other heavily indebted euro zone members, especially Greece.

McLoone said the unions would only engage with the government if everything, including a reversal of December's cuts, was on the agenda, but analysts expected the action to be contained.

Theresa Reidy, specialist in public finance at University College, Cork, said the unions' real agenda, even if they did not admit it was to prevent further pay cuts in addition to a pension levy imposed last year and the reductions announced in December's budget.

"Really what the current round of action is about is setting a context where a third pay cut will not be on the cards," said Reidy. "I don't think there is an appetite on either side (government or unions) for an outright strike."

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said on Sunday the state was not in a position to pay the salaries they paid last year and warned of the dangers of further industrial action.

"The big danger of an escalation of this dispute is that it will lead to an all-out confrontation," Lenihan told the Sunday Independent newspaper.

(additional reporting by Barbara Lewis, Editing by Noah Barkin)

 

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Civil servants strike over pay before election

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Around 250,000 civil servants will start a two-day strike tomorrow over redundancy pay, that threatens to cause disruption in government regional offices, jobcentres, courts, call centres and Whitehall departments just weeks away from an election. Skip related content

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union says that the "vast majority" of its members will support the walkout, which has been prompted by plans to cut redundancy payments.

It is if the first time House of Commons security staff in Parliament have gone on strike in more than 25 years, the PCS said.

Labour MPs have lended their support to strikers, warning there was "growing consternation" on the Labour backbenches over the dispute, especially as it had flared so close to the election.

The government wants to save £500m by capping pay-offs to those who are made redundant or take voluntary redundancy.

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) said: "The government has severely under-estimated the strength of feeling among civil servants and the anger that's built up and led to this dispute.

"It is critical now that the government returns to the negotiation table to avoid further disruption. This dispute could be resolved easily with flexibility from the government."

David Drew (Stroud) said: "This is an outrageous intervention by Government relying on misinformation and spite rather than a fair policy on how we treat some of the lower paid members of the Civil Service who have given their life to public duty."

Labour, which relies on union funding and counts on union activists to hit the streets during election campaigns, is facing the prospect of defeat to Conservatives at a poll expected on May 6.

The PCS union, which is not affiliated to any political party, says it fears "the government wants to make it easier for whoever wins the general election to cut low-paid civil and public servants on the cheap."

Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell said other unions had accepted the proposals and that the deal was fair for staff and taxpayers.

 

[flkyflky]

As usual LKY brought along with him his ass luck every where he goes.

Before election UK will get massive Civil Servant Strike right upon LKY's visit.

No need to say what will happen to himself this coming GE.

 

[Ramseth]

Co-incidentally, he left Singapore at the outbreak of the Jack Neo scandal.

 

[johnny333]

Why does he need to visit UK

Is it for medically purposes? To check his accounts? His properties?

Spore taxpayers will of course end up paying for his visit, for his bodyguards, lavish, hotels, ....

LKY should know that Spore is in recession & should economize. He should be ashamed of himself for wasting taxpayers money

 

[vamjok]

but they also say our economy has recovered and decided to raise poly and uni sch fee.

 

[mustspeakup]

Co-incidentally, he left Singapore at the outbreak of the Jack Neo scandal.

i think he left because of Gopalan's disclosure of his heart attack...

 

[flkyflky]

i think he left because of Gopalan's disclosure of his heart attack...

He went to suck on Ang Moh as usual, if he didn't get his regular fix of Ang Moh sucking urge he will do more crazy things here.

 

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[singveld]

these strike are nothing to be proud of.
they destroy country more than war.

a bunch of civil servants dogs trying to suck country wealth, destroy jobs and wealth in private sectors. destroy and disrupt the country.

 

[rodent2005]

Is the MM going to dispense investment tips to the Brits?

 

[chewed]

Why does he need to visit UK

Is it for medically purposes? To check his accounts? His properties?

Spore taxpayers will of course end up paying for his visit, for his bodyguards, lavish, hotels, ....

LKY should know that Spore is in recession & should economize. He should be ashamed of himself for wasting taxpayers money

you're joking right? If he knows what shame is, SG wouldn't be in this state.

 

[johnny333]

you're joking right? If he knows what shame is, SG wouldn't be in this state.

The famiLee & cronies are getting millions. Obviously life is good he can go on holidays to UK,...

I know LKY has no shame, but hasn't he got any pride?

He's already made his billions from Spore why not give back something? Doesn't he want to leave a positive legacy? People like Bill Gates has made his billions & is trying to help people.

LKY hasn't mellowed with age & will be remembered as someone who takes & takes & takes ...