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CIVIL servants working in courts and prisons across Scotland will escalate their union’s campaign for fair pay with strike action on Monday.
PCS Scottish secretary Lynn Henderson yesterday warned new Justice Secretary Michael Matheson that civil and public servants will “no longer put up with job cuts and reorganisations and carry the impact of austerity cuts in their pockets with pay freezes and pay restraint.”
Ms Henderson said: “PCS members reject more work for less pay, with a pay cap of 1 per cent that leaves us with a pay cut in real terms and a relentless increase in workloads as staff who leave are not replaced.”
PCS is seeking a 5 per cent, or £1,200 pay increase for public-sector workers, following price rises of 16 per cent and real-terms pay cuts since the financial crisis.
Monday’s industrial action by members of the PCS union in the justice sector follows a week of successful strikes throughout Scottish government and Scottish Parliament bodies.
