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| Unions push for showdown over pay | Unions push for showdown over pay |
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| Public sector workers are threatening to take "co-ordinated industrial action" against the government's below-inflation pay settlement. | |
| Unions say a rise of 2.5% in two stages is not enough and could cost Labour votes at the next election. | Unions say a rise of 2.5% in two stages is not enough and could cost Labour votes at the next election. |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a muted response when he told the TUC annual conference on Monday that the deal was needed to keep inflation down. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a muted response when he told the TUC annual conference on Monday that the deal was needed to keep inflation down. |
| Delegates will vote on Tuesday whether to push for a campaign of strikes. | Delegates will vote on Tuesday whether to push for a campaign of strikes. |
| 'Demotivating' | 'Demotivating' |
| A motion from by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) says it "deplores" the "pay limit" set by the government and recommends that unions "discuss coordinated industrial action". | A motion from by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) says it "deplores" the "pay limit" set by the government and recommends that unions "discuss coordinated industrial action". |
| A separate proposal from the National Union of Teachers warns that "unfair, discriminatory or demotivating public sector pay policies" are not compatible with high-quality services. | A separate proposal from the National Union of Teachers warns that "unfair, discriminatory or demotivating public sector pay policies" are not compatible with high-quality services. |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain are to address the TUC conference, amid a growing mood of anger at the pay settlement. | Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain are to address the TUC conference, amid a growing mood of anger at the pay settlement. |
| Prison guards have staged a walkout, while teachers and police have been among the workers protesting. | Prison guards have staged a walkout, while teachers and police have been among the workers protesting. |
| PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "Our members are not fat cats, on inflation-busting salaries. | PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "Our members are not fat cats, on inflation-busting salaries. |
| "They are not the cause of inflation; they are the victims of it." | "They are not the cause of inflation; they are the victims of it." |
| But, in his first address to the TUC as prime minister, Mr Brown said "pay discipline" was "essential to prevent inflation, to maintain growth and create more jobs - and so that we never return to the old boom and bust of the past". | But, in his first address to the TUC as prime minister, Mr Brown said "pay discipline" was "essential to prevent inflation, to maintain growth and create more jobs - and so that we never return to the old boom and bust of the past". |
| CBI director general Richard Lambert is also due to address the conference, in Brighton, on Tuesday. | CBI director general Richard Lambert is also due to address the conference, in Brighton, on Tuesday. |