8 Quotes by Mark Serwotka

If the government imposes an increase in the pension age my view is that industrial action is absolutely inevitable.

It is now time for the government to take stock of the havoc that is being wreaked by crude cuts to key public services and to seriously think again,

outsource the main bulk of Job Centre work, benefit processing, fraud investigation and incapacity benefits.

When you have a dialogue with the deaf you have to stand up and be counted. My message to the Government is stop this disgraceful butchery of public service jobs.

These cuts will bring devastation to the delivery of vocational courses, apprenticeships and adult learning, seriously undermining the government's skills agenda.

This is not a union that is struggling. People see we are standing up for what they want and they want to join.

It is quite clear that Gershon is beginning to bite but for all the wrong reasons. People are having to wait longer to get benefits and advice on finding a job. This is unacceptable because these are the services that the most vulnerable in society rely on.

It has united the trade union movement in a way that we have not seen in many, many years.