DWP/MB/008/18 gave branches details of the campaign to support the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centres. The campaign is in response to the decision by the Tory controlled Derbyshire County Council to cut its funding for the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centres. The centres rely on this funding for a large proportion of its income. Derbyshire Unemployed Workers … Continue reading Sign the petition in support of the Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centres

UK workers gave their employers £31.2 billion in free labour last year by doing unpaid overtime, according to new analysis of official statistics published by the TUC. The figures were released on 23rd February 2018, the TUC’s 14th annual Work Your Proper Hours Day. It marks the day when the average person who does unpaid … Continue reading Workers put in £31bn in unpaid overtime last year

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International Women's Day #PressForProgress Dear Colleague The theme for International Women’s Day is Press for Progress. Whilst there have been positive gains in women’s equality, the world is still very unequal as we acknowledge the multiple discrimination and disadvantage women face. IWD celebrates the social, political and economic achievements of women while focusing attention on … Continue reading International Women’s Day

PCS is urging all our members and supporters to tell their MP to back our campaign for a proper pay rise and attend our public sector pay rally in parliament on 6 March. The rally, from 6-8pm in committee room 12 of the House of Commons, is the latest event in our pay campaign. We … Continue reading Urge your MP to join PCS pay rally

Boris Johnson has called EU legal protections ‘mad’ and called for major regulatory divergence from the EU. In a 14 February speech, the foreign secretary said: “It is only by taking back control of our laws that UK firms and entrepreneurs will have the freedom to innovate, without the risk of having to comply with … Continue reading Boris Johnson says your rights are ‘intolerable’

The UK Government’s confused and troubling messages on workers’ rights post-Brexit have been criticised by the TUC. While Brexit secretary David Davis maintained that the UK wanted to lead a “global race to the top” in rights and standards, foreign secretary Boris Johnson had a week earlier said complying with EU rules post-Brexit would be … Continue reading Government dangerously confused on post-Brexit rights

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We all deserve a fully-funded 5% pay rise, is the message from a day of PCS payday activities being planned across the UK on 28 February to increase the pressure on the government over pay. PCS has called for talks with the Cabinet Office over our 2018 pay claim which calls for: a fully-funded 5% … Continue reading Join 28 February PCS payday activities to say we deserve 5%