Today, Tuesday 8th May, PCS is launching a big public campaign against increases to the pension age - with sister organisations Unite and the National Union of Teachers.The government plans to push back everyone's retirement age to at least 68. The formula they are using will mean babies born this year have to work until … Continue reading 68 is too late

The following has been supplied by Blackpool against the Cuts:Rally in Defence of Public Sector PensionsThursday 10th May - 2pmSt. John’s Square, BlackpoolSpeakers arranged.Bring along your placards, banners etc.

<!--[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} <![endif]--> From Today (Thursday 26th April 2012) onwards members should start to receive their DWP Group Executive Committee Election ballot … Continue reading DWP Group Executive Committee Elections 2012

The National Executive Committee elections within PCS are now taking place.NECThe ballot papers for the PCS National Elections should be issued circa Thursday 19th April 2012, which means that very shortly you will be afforded the opportunity to elect the people who will represent PCS at the highest level within the union.The National body deals … Continue reading NEC Elections – Ballot Starts on Thursday 19th April 2012

Clifford Singer helped create the False Economy website falseeconomy.org.uk that will challenge the government’s case for cuts. Here he explains the need to challenge the TaxPayers’ Alliance’s media dominance.During the summer of 2010, the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) released a report on speed cameras which appeared to show the introduction of cameras in the early 1990s … Continue reading Challenge the TaxPayers’ Alliance

The following is the text of a letter that Gordon Marsden MP (Blackpool South) has sent to the employer regarding the future of the jobs at Warbreck."Future of Benefit Centres - Blackpool and the FyldeI am aware that you have been visiting a number of sites across the DWP Estates and have been working up … Continue reading Gordon Marsden Mp (Blackpool South) Raises Points About The Future Of The Jobs At Warbreck

The following is an extract from the employer's brief of what to say to the staff about the situation of the jobs at Warbreck and the doubt and uncertainty about the job prospects in the area:"You may get asked what will happen after 2016 but at this stage it’s impossible to tell. You can remind … Continue reading Movement of work from Warbreck

Ben Wallace MP (Wyre and Preston North) has tabled the following questions regarding the potential loss of jobs from the Warbreck site and in the Fylde as a result of the announcement of the Personal Independence Payment location strategy from 2016 onwards.The exact wording is detailed below:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and … Continue reading Parliamentary Questions

ColleaguesPlease find below information provided by North West Regional Office."You may be aware that had the M28 national action gone ahead, we had intended to hold a protest in Knutsford, Cheshire - the Tatton Constituency of Chancellor George Osborne. PCS was seeking to hold similar events in the constituencies of Cameron, Clegg, Maude and others … Continue reading Lobby George Osborne – Wednesday 11th April

The following has been supplied by UnionLearn North West:If you agree that the Government's plan to reduce 16-18 apprenticeship funding rates should be reconsidered, please sign the following e-petition:http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/28333This has become FE Week's first campaign - so if you agree with it, please sign and share the e-petition link with colleagues and learners. Imagine if … Continue reading Apprenticeship funding e-petition