Public Sector

The TUC believes in good public services, and that you cannot have good services unless those employed to deliver them are treated properly. This is where you can find out about the TUC's work on the public sector and public services. You can find older material by using the search facilities

The most recent documents available on this subject are:

Public Sector Pay Bulletins & Briefings
These bulletins are a series of publications looking at the impact of the government's pay policy on public service workers
31 July 2008

Joint Statement on Access to Skills, Trade Unions and Advice in Government Contracting
The Joint Statement on Access to Skills, Trade Unions and Advice in Government Contracting was launched by the TUC and the Cabinet Office on 15 July 2008.
25 July 2008

Low paid workers struggling to make ends meet says TUC
With local government workers and civil servants on strike today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
16 July 2008

Midlands TUC sends message of support to striking local government workers
As tens of thousands of midlands local government workers prepare to go on a two-day strike today (Wednesday) over pay, TUC Regional Secretary Roger McKenzie has sent the council employees a message of support, saying:
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16 July 2008

TUC sends message of support to striking local government workers
As hundreds of thousands of local government workers prepare to go on a two-day strike today (Wednesday) over pay, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has sent the council employees a message of support, saying:
16 July 2008

Julius Public Service review 'misses point of public service'
Reacting to the Public Services Industry Review published today (Thursday) and conducted by Dr DeAnne Julius, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “This report misses the point of public services. Much of what the public services do needs to be motivated by the desire to serve the public, not to make profits for shareholders. Yet the public service ethos is simply dismissed in this report.
10 July 2008

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