The following has been supplied by PCS HQ:The Department for Education has been in the news a lot recently, and not necessarily for the reasons secretary of state Michael Gove would have wanted.Gove’s U-turn on scrapping GCSEs coincided with revelations about a substantial financial settlement following a long-running grievance that involved some of Gove’s closest … Continue reading Politicising the civil service

A national overtime ban comes into force on Monday in support of our campaign against the cuts.The ban, which runs until 31 August, is an essential part of ongoing industrial action to keep up pressure on ministers to agree to national talks on vital issues, including pay, terms and conditions and job security.This is an … Continue reading Back the overtime ban to fight the cuts

Defend jobs, pensions and conditions of service                                                                     BackgroundOur pay is frozen or cut, our pensions attacked, our terms and conditions attacked and our jobs are getting more stressful, redundancies are one more straw that we will not accept. There are TEN good reasons why members are angry and should support the action:1) Pay: Pay in … Continue reading Ten Reasons to Support the PCS Action

The PCS DWP Group has issued the following guidance on action short of a strike. The Branch thought this would be useful to members. A .pdf version is available here.IntroductionAction short of a strike is an effective way of hurting the employer simply by only doing your job and no more. We are asking members … Continue reading DWP Group – Action Short of a Strike

Dear Colleagues and potential colleagues,The purpose of this post is to inform members of the DWP wide strike action in the North West on the 4th June 2013 and as a reminder to members of the Civil Service wide overtime ban until 20th June 2013.PCS has done everything possible to resolve the disputes over Jobs, … Continue reading DWP – All out on the 4th of June

The following has ben supplied by PCS HQ:The Department for Education has been in the news a lot recently, and not necessarily for the reasons secretary of state Michael Gove would have wanted.Gove’s U-turn on scrapping GCSEs coincided with revelations about a substantial financial settlement following a long-running grievance that involved some of Gove’s closest … Continue reading Politicising the civil service

The following has been supplied by PCS HQ.PCS is campaigning to keep a fair and just welfare state and oppose the government’s brutal welfare changes that penalise the poor.We know from pay surveys that many members claim tax credits, child benefit, disability living allowance and other benefits that supplement their income.The welfare state, which was … Continue reading Hands Off our Welfare State

Our colleagues within Balfour Beatty Workplace have supplied us with the following information for our members to consider taking part in:At 8.30pm (BST) on Saturday 23 March, hundreds of millions of people across the globe will switch off the lights of homes and business for one hour – Earth Hour.In 2007, 2.2 million Sydney residents … Continue reading Earth Hour 2013 – Saturday 23 March 8.30pm – Join the Revolution

Members may have seen a letter from the Wyre Council leader Peter Gibson in the Blackpool Gazette on 20th March 2013. The letter can be found here.The PCS Regional Secretary Peter Middleman has written to the editor of the newspaper, along the following:"Dear EditorCouncillor Gibson’s letter (Gazette Letters 20th March) regarding the closure of Norcross … Continue reading Letter to the Gazette

The following has been supplied by PCS HQ:PCS took DWP to an Employment Tribunal (ET) to secure redundancy compensation for our FTA members who were dismissed when their FTA contracts were ended after two or more years of qualifying service. The tribunal has this week reported its decision and has found in PCS’ favour. Fantastic … Continue reading PCS Wins FTA Redundancy Compensation Employment Tribunal