Civil servants’ union prepares for action
By a PCS Rep ON 6 SEPTEMBER, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) announced a major campaign to scrap […]
Labour supporters in PCS have one year to convince members of the need to affiliate
By Rebecca Anderson The Annual Delegate Conference (ADC) of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) took two important votes
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PCS backs down on industrial action as 150 staff face compulsory redundancies
By Rebecca Anderson For years, it has been the policy of the Public and Commercial Services Union that the threat
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DWP sell-out deal – we need to take the fight to the branches
By Rebecca Anderson The Public and Commercial Services union’s Department of Work and Pensions conference has narrowly voted to accept
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DWP pay deal sells union short
By Sarah Barden A new pay deal has been agreed between Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) and the Public
Injustice: Tory cuts will penalise victims
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has announced the closure of 86 courts and tribunals across England and Wales. These closures
Victory at the National Gallery
National Gallery staff have ended their indefinite strike having won serious concessions after 100 days of action. Originally opposing moves to
PCS ‘left’ ditches democracy
By Rebecca Anderson, 30 January 2015 The National Executive Committee of the Public and Commercial Services union has made the
Which way forward for the unions?
As the Autumn’s coordinated strike action stalls, Jeremy Dewar reviews the unions’ record and asks how we can stop the
PCS ballots civil servants on pay, pensions and working conditions
By Rebecca On 16 January the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) NEC decided to ballot a quarter of a million
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Why has the left covered up another PCS sellout?
Rebecca Anderson asks why the left has covered up the latest sellout by so-called ‘left’ trade union PCS On 26
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PCS: New strategy needed
By Rebecca Anderson The issue of overriding importance at this year’s conference of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS)
Pensions: left leaders in retreat — only the organised rank and file can restart the fight
By Mark Booth AFTER A TURBULENT week of union executive meetings, 300 militants packed into Friends Meeting House for an
Pensions conference: left leaders timid in face of right wing betrayal
PCS Left Unity, the leading faction in the civil service union, opened its doors to activists from all unions to
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Lambeth SOS: after J30, support the library strike!
Lambeth Save Our Services is planning to follow up the tremendous 30 June strike with a joint union reps meeting,
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PCS conference declares war on cuts
PCS Annual Delegate Conference 2011 will be remembered as the conference that declared war – class war – on the
PCS: time to move beyond one-day strikes
The Public and Commercial Services Union has played a leading role in calling for the co-ordinated public sector strike on
Tower Hamlets workers throw their weight behind call for general strike
Teachers and council workers from Tower Hamlets called on their leaders to organise general strike action today in a mass
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The great pensions robbery
“There’s got to be a deal here between the taxpayer and the scheme member and that deal is going to