It is shocking our public servants have been forced into protesting their poor treatment & falling wages caused by Tory pay freezes & caps – Peter Dowd

Peter
Dowd MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, commenting on the Public and Commercial Services union announcement that
protests about pay are due to take place across the UK, said

“These
protests reinforce the unfairness of the public sector pay cap and the poor
treatment that civil servants and other public sector workers have faced at the
hands of this Tory Government. Civil servants and other public sector workers
have seen their real wages fall constantly over the seven years of Conservative
pay freezes and caps.

“It is
shocking that our public servants have been forced into protesting their
poor treatment and falling wages caused by the Tory Government’s pay freezes
and caps. 

“Meanwhile,
the Conservative’s cabinet of chaos continues to stand up for a
privileged elite – handing out tax cuts for the rich and failing
to properly tackle tax avoidance.

“The next
Labour Government will lift the public sector pay cap and give all workers the
pay rise they deserve so that the economy works for the many and not the few.”