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From The Socialist newspaper, 12 April 2007
PCS: All out on 1 May
THOUSANDS OF Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members will be on strike on 1 May in defence of the public sector and pay, jobs and services.
Socialist Party members on the PCS executive have campaigned for this action to be co-ordinated across the trade unions and for the TUC to organise a national demonstration in defence of the public sector on 1 May.
Socialist Party members are now standing for election to the PCS national leadership.
Janice Godrich, a member of the Socialist Party's sister party in Scotland (International Socialists) is standing for re-election as president.
Kevin Kelly is standing for vice-president and the following Socialist Party and International Socialists members are standing for the national executive. All these candidates have proven track records of fighting for PCS members at branch level and nationally:
Mark Baker, Marion Lloyd, John McInally, Chris Morrison, Rob Williams, Danny Williamson and Sevi Yesildalli. Kevin Greenway will also be standing in the section for law court staff following the merger of their union with PCS.
These candidates are standing as part of Left Unity, which is part of the Democracy Alliance slate. This was formed five years ago in response to the attempt by the old right wing, under Barry Reamsbottom, to keep the democratically elected general secretary Mark Serwotka out of office. For more information see the Left Unity website: www.leftunity.org.uk
The ballot closes on 27 April.
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The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the class character of society in numerous ways. It is making clear to many that it is the working class that keeps society running, not the CEOs of major corporations.
The results of austerity have been graphically demonstrated as public services strain to cope with the crisis.
The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. But after the corona crisis, it will try to make the working class pay for it, by trying to claw back what has been given.
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In The Socialist 12 April 2007:
Fight for a socialist alternative
Coventry - Socialist Party's track record
Environment and socialism
'Climate change will hit poorest of poor hardest'
Nuclear power is not the answer
Is the Green Party heading left or right?
Battling over the world's oil reserves
G8 Summit protests
Join the International Youth Camp
International socialist news and analysis
France: Workers need to build a Left alternative
Socialist Party news and analysis
Workers' lives get tougher under New Labour
Campaign for a New Workers' Party
Why legal aid should be defended
Socialist Party workplace news
Union leaders out of touch with teachers' discontent
UNISON and PCS: Vote for fighting, democratic unions
International socialist news and analysis
Zimbabwe: State thugs crackdown on protests
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