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Members of prison officers' union POA will take part in a Westminster rally on Budget Day in protest over plans to cut their pay but make them work for longer.
Wednesday's demonstration comes as axe-mad Chancellor George Osborne sets out his latest cuts to public services.
Prison workers may have to work until they are 68 to claim their pension while seeing their pay and pensions downgraded.
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
MARK FAIRHURST highlights the main issues facing officers in a long neglected service, and raised by front-line delegates at POA conference last week, including understaffing, violence, bullying and the ongoing denial of workers’ right to strike
Working in a high-risk sector, prison officers’ calls for proper PPE must be heeded – and the POA will be fighting to ensure effective protection at work is delivered, writes MARK FAIRHURST