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The entrance to a Jobcentre Plus, September 16, 2014
WORKERS at 700 Jobcentres across Britain are being balloted for strike action over pay, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said today.
The union is seeking a wage rise for all 200 members employed by G4S Solutions and to reinstate the pay differential between grades.
Supervisors currently earn just 1p more an hour than the security guards they oversee.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
