14 April 2021

Support the Broad Left Network for a democratic, fighting union leadership

The ballot for PCS president and NEC opens on 22 April

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24 March 2021

PCS elections: increased support for Broad Left Network

Nominations for the PCS union president and national executive elections closed on 11 March. Details of branch nominations have now been published and these show increased support for the Broad Left Network

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17 March 2021

PCS members at Swansea DVLA to strike for safety

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) branch of PCS has voted for industrial action against management's failure to provide a safe working environment.

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10 March 2021

PCS leadership failures lead to concession bargaining on pay

The HM Revenue and Customs group is the second largest in the PCS. Its Left Unity leadership has just balloted members on a three-year pay deal.

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3 March 2021

HMRC: Pay deal agreed but at what cost?

On 26 February the PCS union HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) pay ballot closed. The turnout was 82.4% with 79.6% for and 20.4% against the deal.

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17 February 2021

Online workers' rally: Taking fight to the bosses

The National Shop Stewards Network held its 5th meeting during the pandemic

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10 February 2021

PCS: Vote for rank-and-file socialist Broad Left Network candidates

PCS union elections: PCS, the union for civil service and public sector workers, has begun the 2021 elections for its president and national executive committee (NEC)

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10 February 2021

Court workers to ballot in fight for safety

A couple of months ago the chief executive of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) put out on the internal web extracts from a poem about the NHS, which was meant to inspire us

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3 February 2021

HMRC: We demand a pay rise without cuts to terms and conditions

On 1 February, a multi-year pay offer was made to union members in HMRC.

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3 February 2021

Strong union lead needed to stop DVLA Covid spread

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27 January 2021

DVLA Covid outbreak: They only care about output and productivity

As a former worker at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), I have not been surprised by reports of hundreds of Covid cases among staff

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20 January 2021

PCS Broad Left Network conference

PCS Broad Left Network (BLN) joint equality officer and PCS NEC candidate

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13 January 2021

Get stuck in to build a fighting, democratic PCS union

PCS Broad Left Network conference: The PCS Broad Left Network (BLN) conference takes place on Saturday 16 January.

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16 December 2020

Union conference stripped of powers by NEC

The NEC of the PCS union decided to remove key powers from the 2021 annual delegate conference

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16 December 2020

Protest against immigration enforcement centre in Newham

The Tory government is trying to build an 'immigration enforcement centre' in Docklands, east London

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9 December 2020

HMRC pay talks - PCS needs to organise members now

Revenue and Customs (HMRC) management's business case for pay linked to contract changes has been agreed by the Treasury

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18 November 2020

Obituary: Paul Chettle

Eastern Region Socialist Party members are mourning the loss of longstanding Cambridgeshire Socialist Party member Paul Chettle, after a long and recurrent illness

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7 October 2020

Tate strike suspended

After 42 days of industrial action by members of the PCS union against redundancies at the Tate gallery in London, the strike has been suspended.

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5 October 2020

test

lots of test here

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30 September 2020

PCS: No to DWP management's plans - Yes to action

PCS union members in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are reacting furiously to management's rush to book appointments in all the Jobcentres, a move especially targeted at 18-to-24 year olds

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