Employment and Trade Union Law
For many PCS members, along with many monthly salaried workers it is now payday. With the costs of living rises far outpacing salary increases many find themselves wondering how all bills will be paid. Just today, for example, I was talking to one colleague whose gas/electricity bills had tripled over recent months. There is talk … Continue reading More payday blues
I have covered the ongoing constructive unfair dismissal claim and associated matters of the former Permanent Secretary of Home Office Philip Rutnam a couple of times. As has now been widely reported that case, which concerned accusations of improper conduct by the Home Secretary Priti Patel or those who for her, has been discontinued after … Continue reading Not with a bang but a whimper?
At midday today the ballot of union members for PCS Union's General Secretary election closed. I am pleased to say that votes have now been counted and the results have been published with the declaration that Mark Serwotka, the incumbent, has been re-elected as the union's General Secretary for a five year term. With the … Continue reading PCS members re-elect Mark Serwotka as General Secretary
Right now there is an election in progress that will effect the working lives of all union members in the UK, with one group of candidates having made commitments to end austerity and provide a real pay rise to civil servants after a decade of real terms pay cuts. That election is, of course, the … Continue reading PCS General Secretary election begins
In May 2019 John Moloney, the candidate for the Independent Left faction, was elected as Assistant General Secretary of the PCS Union. This is the second most senior full time officer (FTO) post in the union. PCS watchers will know that in respect of the Independent Left's (IL) policy platform for full time officers there are … Continue reading PCS union AGS takes worker’s wage
Professor Gregor Gall has joined 32 other academics in criticizing the Civil Service's approach to industrial relations in a letter to The Independent last Friday: As scholars of industrial and employment relations, we condemn the unilateral action by the Coalition Government to remove the “check off” arrangements from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union. … Continue reading Academics call on Civil Service to adopt a more constructive approach to industrial relations
Labour Uncut is reporting that the Unite/PCS merger is still a distinct possibility, and expects the NEC to put forward a motion to this year's ADC. Here's a snippet of the article: PCS has been wracked by well documented financial problems. The sale of the union HQ, which was agreed at the union’s national executive … Continue reading PCS/Unite merger still alive, allegedly
The reason the PCS Union NEC cancelled suspended elections this year is because of the financial cost. The figure given is that the cost to the Union is £590,000, it is not known how much of that comprises the cost of the NEC elections. Let us say however, that it is £300,000 (half the total). … Continue reading Why trade union elections are expensive
The decision of the PCS National Executive Committee ‘to suspend’ elections in 2015 has, rightly, proved a controversial one which has generated a lot of debate. The campaign website PCS Democracy Deferred has made a forceful case that the NEC decision is in breach of the union Rules and, further, that members may find a … Continue reading The PCS Union’s Suspension of Elections: A Preliminary View
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