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No facility time for union duties Cabinet office minister Francis Maude used the Tory conference to attack union facility time. He wants to cut the number of civil service workers who do union duties. PCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka said the Tories are "trying to divert attention from the real issue" of the cuts.

Around 12,000 workers in the PCS union struck on Friday of last week.

The PCS union has suspended all industrial action in HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for two months to enter talks with the employer.

The PCS civil service workers’ union has suspended further strikes in Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) call centres.

An emergency HM Revenue & Customs group meeting of the PCS union took place on Monday 13 August to discuss an offer in a dispute over job losses and privatisation.

In a long running battle over conditions, 6,000 PCS members in Job Centre Plus call centres struck on Monday. Pickets were defiant across the country, despite dirty tactics by Department for Work and Pensions management.

A planned strike by PCS union members on the eve of the Olympics was called off last week after management concessions.

A planned strike by PCS union members has been called off after management concessions.

Coastguards take action against cuts Coastguards in the PCS union took industrial action last week over the closure of 50 percent of the rescue stations in Britain.

The PCS union has announced that its members will join other unions striking together in the autumn in the next mass strike to defend pensions.

PCS union to fight in elections Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union have voted overwhelmingly to allow use of the union’s political fund to support anti-cuts candidates in elections.

Around 60,000 tax office workers struck on Monday of this week. As the row over the rich avoiding tax grew, the PCS union members pointed out that they face 10,000 job losses and privatisation.