The rage sweeping the working class in Britain over job cuts and the MPs’ expenses scandal was clear to see at the PCS civil service workers’ union conference in Brighton last week.
The PCS civil service workers’ union conference in Brighton last week passed a raft of progressive policies committing the union to fighting against government attacks, and showing solidarity with other groups.
The group conferences of the PCS civil service workers’ union this week recognised that the government’s promises on pay, made at the end of a national pay campaign last year, have not been fulfilled.
The huge anger at the corruption in parliament is reinforcing the need for a political alternative that working people can vote for. The PCS civil service workers’ union conference in Brighton this week saw debates over this issue.
The PCS civil service workers’ union national executive elections saw members of the left and centre-left Democracy Alliance group overwhelmingly re-elected.
A series of strikes by 10,000 PCS civil service workers’ union members at call centres in Revenue & Customs was suspended after an agreement was reached that satisfied most of the union’s demands.
Ballot papers for the elections to the PCS civil service workers’ union national executive, deputy general secretary and the assistant general secretary were sent out last week.
Over 10,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in Revenue & Customs call centres are set to walk out for two hours on Monday of next week.
Over 10,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in call centres in the Revenue & Customs department are building up to take action against attacks on their terms and conditions.
Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union at call centres in the Revenue & Customs (HMRC) department voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action for improvements to their terms and conditions last week.
The group executive committee of the PCS civil service workers' union in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) met last week against the background of management attacks on terms and conditions.
