PCS leaders leave civil servants to fight alone
Workers at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) voted 80%, on a 52% turnout, in favour of industrial action over the government’s pay offer.
What next for the left in PCS?
Relying on existing rules and structures leaves too much power in the hands of the established, unelected bureaucracy, who will use undemocratic means to retain control.
Angela Rayner’s staff to strike from 22 April
Civil servants are on strike against imposed changes to working conditions and job cuts
Labour declares war on the civil service
A PCS member In a move reminiscent of the coalition government of the 2010s, Rachel Reeves has announced a sweeping
Angela Rayner’s staff ballot for action
By a PCS activist A ballot for industrial action has opened at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
PCS elections: Low turnout shows union activists must organise
The defeat of PCS’s cost-of-living pay strikes dominated the election.
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PCS: Vote Lloyd and Moloney, but rank and file must organise to break with Broad Leftism
By PCS activists Members of the civil servants’ union PCS will vote to elect their general secretary and assistant general
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PCS members say no to below-inflation pay ‘rise’
PCS members follow the nurses’ lead
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PCS: Targeted strikes are not enough
Branches have called on the NEC to bring all members out in January.
PCS Conference votes to launch campaign on jobs and pay in the Autumn
By a PCS member WITHOUT WARNING, let alone consultation, Boris Johnson has announced over 90,000 job cuts in the civil
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Covid-19 and the PCS: from workers’ rights to workers’ control
In the DWP we should veto work that sanctions or penalises claimants and demand Universal Credit is paid on the first day, in advance, not six weeks in arrears. In the Home Office – end deportations and close the detention centres
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