Tuesday 18 Jan 2011 @ 09:55
Public and Commercial Services Union
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Prison officers massively reject redundancy cuts

The second largest civil service union has announced its members have also voted by a massive margin to reject cuts to redundancy terms.

Members of the Prison Officers' Association voted by 95% against the new scheme, on a turnout of 48%.

The POA balloted its 31,000 eligible members, which means a total of almost 90,000 civil servants have now voted against the cuts.

PCS announced on Friday that 90% of its civil service members who voted in its ballot also rejected the scheme that was laid in parliament shortly before Christmas.

Both unions have called on the government to reopen negotiations in light of these overwhelming results and the POA is considering joining PCS in taking legal action.

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