Commenting on the publication of Will Hutton's Fair Pay Review's interim report, TUC said: 'Any moves to tackle pay inequality and the growing divide between top executive pay and the rest of the workforce - whether it's in the public or the private sector - must be welcomed. And there is also a real value in ensuring that the pay of high earners in the public sector is set fairly and openly. 'But this report does not deal with the real issues facing public sector workers. Over the next two years millions of public sector workers face an arbitrary pay-freeze, a real-terms pay cut as the price of everyday goods keeps on going up and up.' At the same time, faced with the prospect of being asked to pay more for their pensions, the risk of losing their jobs and an increased chance of being transferred across to the private or voluntary sectors, public sector workers are right to be worried about their future pay prospects.
TUC, December 2010
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