Almost 200 people gathered in Hastings last Saturday to protest at the sacking of a fifth PCS union rep at the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
The PCS civil service workers’ union has called a demonstration in support of Sam Buckley, its sacked branch secretary at the Child Support Agency (CSA) in Hastings.
A demonstration has been called in support of Sam Buckley, the sacked PCS civil service union branch secretary at the Child Support Agency (CSA) in Hastings.
Trade union leaders, MPs and campaigners have added their names to a statement of support for the demonstration. It has been called by Right to Work, backed by three trade unions—the PCS, NUJ and UCU—and the Labour Representation Committee.
PCS union branch secretary Sam Buckley has become the fifth union officer to be sacked from the Child Support Agency in Hastings in two and a half years. He was sacked on charges of "incapability".
Management at the Child Support Agency in Hastings have sacked Sam Buckley, PCS civil service union branch secretary. He has become the fifth union officer at the office to be sacked since November 2007. He was sacked on charges of "incapability".
Civil service workers were celebrating last week after a High Court judge made a final ruling against the government’s attempt to reduce their redundancy rights.
More than 100 people joined the budget day protest in Leeds, with banners and flags from the PCS, Unison, NUT, CWU and UCU unions as well as the trades council, Stop the War and the Labour Representation Committee.
Redundancy scheme
Delegates to the PCS conference were buoyed up by the recent court ruling against the previous government’s attempt to change the civil service redundancy compensation scheme.
