The Branch has received a Make Your Vote Count response from Duncan Royle, Green Party Candidate for Blackpool South. It can be viewed here along with other responses we have received.

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The Branch has received a Make Your Vote Count response from Sam Rushworth, Labour Candidate for Blackpool North and Cleveleys. It can be viewed here along with other responses we have received.

Construction union UCATT has condemned the Conservative Party’s proposals to slash workers’ rights and to further erode workplace safety. The union says the Tory manifesto plans would make it “virtually impossible to hold a lawful strike”, and would make it much easier for employers to break strikes, by abolishing the laws which prevent the hiring … Continue reading Tory plans on work rights and safety condemned

The Branch has received a Make Your Vote Count response from Anne Power, Green Party Candidate for Wyre and Preston North. It can be viewed here along with other responses we have received.

For those of you interested in the topics being discussed at the PCS National Conference in Brighton next month, feel free to have a look at the motions booklet available here.

The Branch has received a Make Your Vote Count response from Peter Wood, UKIP Candidate for Blackpool South. It can be viewed here along with other responses we have received.

PCS members in CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) are involved in a long running pay dispute over pay. Members have been working to rule for the last 2 months and have now voted to take a week of strike action starting on Monday next week. The turnout was a fantastic 96% and 80% of members voted … Continue reading Computer Sciences Corporation Action

Workplace safety campaigners are challenging Britain’s politicians to take action to protect people at work. Hazards Campaign spokesperson Hilda Palmer said: “Business as usual for the next five years is not an option for workers’ lives and health. Work shouldn’t hurt and it certainly shouldn’t kill, but in 2015 it still does.” The group has … Continue reading Campaigners want action to protect employees