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Strikers will score own goal


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report published recently by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and


Development, Developing Positive Employee Relations, considers the options the government should be considering to protect public services if there is an upsurge in industrial unrest.


The report is timely. The news that 15,000 jobs could go at the Ministry of Justice as a result of a £2 billion budget cut is just the first round of what could turn out to be an eighties style confrontation between the government and unions.


The paper highlights research from the CIPD’s quarterly Employee Outlook survey series which shows low levels of trust and confidence among public sector employees in senior management teams. Just 16% of public sector employees say they trust their senior leaders.


Average circulation for the period 1/8/09 – 31/12/09 is 7,041 per issue


Another interesting statistic is that 54% of public sector staff agree that most people today are not willing to lose pay by going on strike, compared to 47% in the private sector.


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And more than four in ten employees are in favour of banning public sector workers involved in the delivery of essential services from striking. This may come as an unpleasant surprise to the Public and Commercial Services Union and others who have been making noises about strike action in protest against cuts in public services.


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Reducing the deficit is the main challenge that the new government has set for itself and a significant proportion of the deficit reduction is expected to come from cuts in public sector spending.


More savings will have to be found through efficiency gains which is entirely understandable since the cost of delivering public services in the UK has risen significantly over the past decade and is well above the OECD average.


So to threaten strike action in protest against any cuts in public services is rather unrealistic.


The noises being made by the unions and those who are opposed to the cuts will only get louder as the scale of the cuts becomes known.


But strike action is likely to prove unpopular according to the CIPD survey and unsuccessful if the track record of previous confrontations between unions and government is anything to go by.


The report concludes that there are a number of options open to government in seeking to avoid strike action in the public sector such as introducing legislation to require parties to public service disputes to take part in compulsory arbitration prior to industrial action but that ultimately only a focus on building public sector leadership and management skills and improving communication and consultation will make a real and lasting difference.


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