PCS

Socialist View candidates have been nominated by PCS Left Unity members for the union’s upcoming elections. This provides a solid basis upon which the union can prepare for the battles ahead.

PCS members in the civil service are fighting a pay struggle against the Tory government. If successful, this could inspire other low-paid workers to take action.

Malicious lies are being spread in a dirty attempt to influence the outcome of the nomination elections inside PCS Left Unity. Members should vote for the Socialist View slate to secure a democratic, fighting union

The nomination process is underway for elections inside PCS, the civil servant’s union. Socialist Appeal is backing Janice Godrich for the position of assistant general secretary.

Rob Sewell interviews Janice Godrich, the long-standing president of the civil servants’ union PCS, who discusses how to transform the unions into weapons against austerity.

Rob Sewell discusses the battles facing members of the civil service union, and why Socialist Appeal supports Janice Godrich for PCS assistant general secretary.

The civil servants’ campaign over pay has hit up against the barrier of Tory anti-union laws. PCS members shouldn’t mourn, but organise.

Civil servants in PCS are set to vote on national strike action over pay. This could be another thorn in the side for the Tory government.

This year’s national conference in Brighton of the PCS public sector union, taking place this week, will once again be a critical meeting for the union and its members. Public sector workers have been in the front line for decades now fighting against attacks on public services. All public sector unions must unite and mobilise against Tory cuts.

Since the start of the Con-Dem Coalition, the Public and Civil Service Trade Union (PCS) has been at the forefront of the trade union fight back against austerity and attacks on the wider welfare state. Now, however, the Tories are attacking the union’s very existence – by attempting to restrict the lifeblood of its members’ subscriptions.

 This week sees the annual national conference of the PCS union, whose members have been hard hit by the Coalition’s programme of austerity. PCS members will this year be debating where the union should go from here. Julian Sharpe, PCS member and Socialist Appeal supporter, points the way forward for the union.

We publish here a report from Socialist Appeal supporters in PCS, who highlight the successful campaign to reinstate victimised trade unionist Kevin Smith. An employment tribunal has officially ruled that Kevin was unfairly dismissed by the Home Office for his trade union activity and has ordered for Kevin to be reinstated.