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PCS strike on budget day, 20 March 2013 with NSSN 24 hour general strike placard , photo by Paul Mattsson
15 May 2013
Campaigning works - Action gets results: The re-election of the Democracy Alliance national executive committee is a real blow to the government's attempt to break PCS members' resolve, writes John McInally
14 January 2013
An examination of their role in a number of key industrial battles in the past number of years shows how flawed is their method, both in winning support for their point of view but also the lack of understanding in the relationship between ad hoc unofficial union organisations from below...
HMRC PCS Leicester
4 July 2012
PCS votes to stand candidates in national elections
Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members have created history by being the first trade union not previously affiliated to the Labour Party to vote to stand candidates in national elections, writes John McInally, PCS national vice-president, personal capacity.
On the 30 November strike in Newcastle, photo Elaine Brunskill
25 April 2012
Pension cuts, job cuts, service cuts: The PCS executive committee has called national strike action on 10 May (M10) as part of a united campaign with other unions, writes John McInally, National vice-president, Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), personal capacity.
HMRC PCS members' strike, Sherbourne House, Coventry 8.6.11 , photo Coventry SP
17 June 2011
Con-Dems' pension attack - brutal class warfare must be fought
John McInally, national vice-president PCS, personal capacity: The government is attempting to steal £2.8 billion from public sector pensions in Britain. This is a brutal act of class warfare directed against millions of mainly low-paid workers
Part of the PCS contingent on the massive 26 March TUC demonstration, photo Senan
11 May 2011
PCS conference: prepare for united action on 30 June
John McInally, national vice-president of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), explains, in a personal capacity, some of the main issues facing delegates to this year's conference...
TUC demontration 26 March , photo Paul Mattsson
13 April 2011
Coordinated strike action to defeat the cuts
"...every activist must be a leader in their own workplace and community...": The big question arising from the tremendous TUC march last month is where does the movement go from here...
PCS members protest
19 January 2011
PCS members vote for battle against cuts
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) members have given a resounding 90% 'yes' in an indicative ballot to reject the government's proposals to rip up their contracts and steal accrued rights on redundancy payments under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS), writes John McInally, PCS national vice president (personal capacity).
PCS on strike on budget day 2010, photo Paul Mattsson
1 December 2010
PCS: Vote 'yes' for action against cuts
The national executive (NEC) of civil service union PCS is launching a policy ballot urging members to vote 'yes' to reject the government's proposals on the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS), writes John McInally, PCS national vice-president, personal capacity.
Anti-cuts protest, photo Paul Mattsson
3 November 2010
The sheer scale of the attack set out in the government's cuts exceeds even the more dire predictions, writes John McInally, vice-president Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) personal capacity.
14 October 2010
PCS fights to defend jobs and pensions
PCS's National Executive Committee (NEC) has rejected a "final offer" on the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) from the Tory/Liberal government, writes John McInally, vice-president PCS personal capacity.
PCS meeting
14 October 2010
PCS members were shocked on 8 October by the announcement that Newport Passport office would close next year, writes Katrine Williams, PCS Wales chair.
John McInally, PCS, photo Paul Mattsson
7 October 2010
Trade unionists denounce Hutton's attacks on public sector workers' pensions
Former Labour minister Lord Hutton, on a comfortable MP's pension, has released an interim report on his investigation into public sector pensions.
- "Another attempt to make working people pay for the greed of the bankers and big business" - John McInally, Vice president, Public and Commercial Services union
PCS protest outside Ministry of Justice , photo Paul Mattsson
22 September 2010
The scale of the proposed coalition government public sector cuts is becoming more apparent. The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) on 20 October will destroy the credibility of the Cameron/Clegg mantra, writes John McInally, Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) vice-president, personal capacity
23 June 2010
PCS union rejects 'inevitable' cuts
The Tory/Liberal coalition plans to make working people pay for the crisis created by their friends in the banking industry and big business, by launching an unprecedented assault on the public sector. This will be resolutely opposed by the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), writes John McInally, national vice-president PCS, personal capacity.
2 June 2010
PCS conference Defend the public sector
The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) conference on 19-21 May was the first trade union conference since the election of the new Tory/Liberal coalition, writes John McInally, national vice-president PCS personal capacity.
London May Day demonstration, photo Jules Mattsson
5 May 2010
Workers celebrate May Day: Marching together against the bosses' attacks
IN MANY countries around the world, socialists and trade unionists marched to celebrate international workers' day on 1 May. This year in particular, in the teeth of attacks by capitalists on jobs, wages and public services, international working class solidarity is a vital necessity.
21 April 2010
Civil service dispute continues
Labour ministers who think that PCS's campaign against the government's attempt to rip up our Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) is over because the general election has been called are wrong - the campaign goes on until there is a negotiated settlement, writes John McInally, Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) national vice-president, personal capacity.
PCS workers on strike and protesting outside the Welsh Assembly, photo Cardiff Socialist Party
31 March 2010
PCS: Striking against government attacks
Following the tremendous civil service two-day strike on 8 and 9 March, PCS members once again demonstrated their anger at the government's attempt to rip up their contracts under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme, writes John McInally, Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) national vice-president, personal capacity.
17 March 2010
Following their well-supported two day strike on 8 and 9 March, up to 200,000 civil servants in the PCS union will be on strike again on budget day - Wednesday 24 March, writes John McInally, national vice-president PCS, personal capacity.
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