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8 August 2018
Break the pay cap - the fight continues!
The union needs a special delegate conference as soon as practically possible to assess the situation
8 August 2018
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Thatcher's Militant blacklist, capitalism wants slums, World Cup nationalism?
8 August 2018
Ministry of Justice workers angry at barrage of attacks
Huge anger is being stoked up among staff in the Ministry of Justice after the 'modernising employment proposition' pay offer came as yet another in a long line of slaps to the face
25 July 2018
PCS members back fightback on pay - keep building pressure
The PCS strike ballot returned a massive majority for action but fell short of the 50% turnout required by the Tory anti-union laws.
25 July 2018
Blacklisting of Militant supporters by Thatcher government revealed
On 24 July, The Guardian published an article revealing that Thatcher's government worked with MI5 and Special Branch to draw up a blacklist of civil servants deemed to be 'subversives'.
11 July 2018
Campaign in full flow to squeeze out every last Yes vote in pay ballot
The PCS civil servants' union pay strike ballot ends 23 July. In the time left we need to squeeze out every last vote.
4 July 2018
Treasury imposes civil service pay limit - vote Yes to strike action
Only by voting Yes in the PCS union strike ballot, closing 23 July, will the government take notice
13 June 2018
Civil service pay strike ballot: vote yes!
Interview with PCS assistant general secretary Chris Baugh: After years of real-terms pay cuts, the PCS is balloting to strike for a fully funded, above-inflation increase.
9 June 2018
PCS members in DWP say: Pay up now!
PCS members in the DWP were outraged that a previously-agreed pay rise was being delayed. UPDATE on 14.6.18: DWP senior management backs down!
6 June 2018
PCS union launches strike ballot on pay
Workers in the PCS union, representing civil servants across all government departments, have voted overwhelmingly to ballot members for strike action.
30 May 2018
Conference 2018: members ready to fight to end pay misery
Delegates massively voted to proceed to a strike ballot
16 May 2018
Leeds Acas conciliators walkout
You know the squeeze in the public sector is coming to a crunch when workers for an organisation that was set up to try to prevent strikes walk out on strike themselves. But that was precisely what happened as conciliators at Acas took strike action on 11 May.
15 May 2018
PCS conference 2018: building on the union's militant record
An interview with Socialist Party member Chris Baugh - three times elected PCS assistant general secretary - who will again be seeking the support of Left Unity to be its candidate in next year's election.
9 May 2018
PCS: A fighting strategy to defeat the Tory pay cap
The PCS civil service union pay claim for a fully funded pay increase of 5% or £1,200 minimum and a commitment to centralised bargaining has been rejected by the Tory government.
11 April 2018
PCS elections: Vote for Democracy Alliance candidates!
Ballot papers for the PCS civil service union national executive committee and group elections will start arriving on 20 April
24 January 2018
PCS executive agrees next steps in pay campaign
On 31 January PCS members from across the UK civil service will participate in pay day protests over public sector pay restraint which has seen a 20% cut in wages since 2010. These protests come on the back of our fantastic consultative ballot result.
6 December 2017
Driving examiners walkout hits first day of new test
PCS members at Wakefield Driving Test Centre began two days of strike action on 4 December against attacks on their terms and conditions of work as part of a national dispute
29 November 2017
PCS union says no to pay misery
Other public sector unions are considering their position, with a number proposing to hold similar consultative ballots. This is to be welcomed - and they need to get on with it
1 November 2017
PCS pay cap ballot closes soon
The civil servants' union PCS is stepping up its pay campaign by holding a consultative ballot, timed to coincide with the autumn budget
18 October 2017
Conference on state spies: who's watching who?
It is clear undercover surveillance of trade unionists and left activists has taken place - contrary to the myth that it couldn't happen in Britain.
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