A think tank headed by former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has been condemned for suggesting that the state pension age (SPA) should be raised to 75. The Centre of Social Justice (CSJ) report proposes that the government speeds up the increase in the pension age to 70 by 2028 and to 75 … Continue reading Tory centre would work you to death

Boris Johnson’s new Brexit chief wants to scrap Theresa May’s commitment to protect British workers’ rights, and has suggested Brexit is an opportunity to escape the EU’s “heavy labour market regulation.” Just two months ago David Frost said he was opposed to the approach advocated “by the leaders of both major political parties” and argued … Continue reading New Brexit chief wants to scrap commitment on workers’ rights

please see below letter from Gordon Marsden to Crystal Akass(People Services Director) pushing the department re the treatment of FTA staff in the Fylde. gordon marsden MP letter

Ballot result

Elections for the PCS national executive committee, our union's governing body, and for the post of assistant general secretary open on Tuesday (16th April 2019). It is vitally important that members vote in these elections. A good turnout in our elections strengthens the union and helps our representatives stand up for members. Please see the … Continue reading PCS Assistant General Secretary and NEC elections open 16 April

The TUC has criticised the government’s trade union watchdog for blocking a union’s ‘sensible action’ to stand up for women members by stopping sexual harassment. The union body was commenting after the watchdog, the Certification Officer, forced the Musicians’ Union to restore the membership of a someone expelled from the union after a succession of … Continue reading Government’s union watchdog blocks harassment action

please see below leaflets we are issuing outside of the departments land as we have been further restricted with advertising the ballot. Please can all members vote and stand up to the current restrictions and cuts in our wages. Austerity still lives on for civil servants and the government needs to be told enough is … Continue reading Ballot leaflets

You will be receiving your ballot papers shortly in the envelope shown with the leaflet explaining   Please vote and return ASAP, you will then receive an email to ask if you are happy for PCS to be made aware you voted, this will allow us to see how we are doing towards the 50% … Continue reading Ballot 2019 please read

XXXXXXXXX (MP) XXXXXXXXX (CONSTITUENCY) XXXXXXXXXX (ADDRESS)   Date , 2019   Dear ___________MP   I am writing to you as a constituent, but also as a member of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), to ask that you meet with me to discuss my unions current pay campaign. As a civil servant I have … Continue reading Write to your MP

international womans day balance for better    This year marks the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act in Britain, which opened all ‘civil professions or vocations’, including the civil service and legal profession, to women. The first women civil servants took up post some 50 years earlier but were restricted to specific roles, predominately … Continue reading International Woman’s Month