Ministers should focus on productivity, pay and growth, not provoking workers, says TUC
“Instead of bragging about making plans for mass strikes, ministers should think about why so many workers in the public and private sector feel the economy isn't working for them. The recovery is weak and unfairly shared, with the low-paid and public sectors workers being shut out through cuts to tax credits, public sector pay and the public services that so many families rely on.
28 June 2015
Responding to comments made by Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock on government plans in the case of future industrial action, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
“Instead of bragging about making plans for mass strikes, ministers should think about why so many workers in the public and private sector feel the economy isn't working for them. The recovery is weak and unfairly shared, with the low-paid and public sectors workers being shut out through cuts to tax credits, public sector pay and the public services that so many families rely on.
“The extreme cuts the Chancellor is planning will do nothing to turn around Britain's poor productivity, which is essential for the sustained growth, rising living standards and stronger public finances that the country needs. The answer isn't breaking strikes but addressing the causes of discontent in the first place.”
NOTES TO EDITORS:
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