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16 September 2020
Tate workers on indefinite strike hold march and rally
PCS union members marched alongside other arts and culture workers against job losses in the sector
16 September 2020
PCS members in DWP reject unsafe extension of hours
77% of PCS union members have voted in favour of industrial action in a consultative ballot
2 September 2020
Tate strike: "Coronavirus - no reason to fire us!"
Striking Tate workers in the PCS union have moved into indefinite action
19 August 2020
Vote Yes in DWP ballot! Reject longer opening hours
PCS members in all the DWP's Jobcentres and 21 Universal Credit service centres must vote Yes in the ballot which starts 17 August
5 August 2020
PCS union: Reject longer DWP opening hours
The government's headlong rush to pretend things are getting back to normal is impacting on PCS members working in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
15 July 2020
PCS executive majority cancels union democracy
On 8 July, the controlling majority of the PCS union executive committee rejected moves to resume this year's elections
8 July 2020
Jobcentre reopening: only union struggle will put safety first
Jobcentres have become the latest battleground between workers' desire to work in safety and employers' desire to reopen services, ready or not.
1 July 2020
Change in leadership needed to secure union's future
The PCS general secretary has said the union needs to restructure and cut staff or merge.
1 July 2020
Benefits system being used to force return to unsafe workplaces
As previously reported in the Socialist, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which oversees the payment of unemployment benefit to millions, had previously eased the requirements for claiming Universal Credit
10 June 2020
Socialists call for trade unions to join the fight
We raised a motion urging the union to state support for "the demonstrations that are being called across the UK, with suitable social distancing and other protective measures, including in Cardiff at the weekend, Belfast on Monday, and Glasgow and London on Wednesday
3 June 2020
PCS pay claim: Vital work unrecognised
Since 2010 the pay of PCS members has been cut in real terms by over 20%. Each year the government-capped pay increases have fallen below rising prices.
6 May 2020
Unsafe Workplace? "It's up to you" PCS tells reps and members
PCS union reps and members at Paisley Jobcentre walked out on 24 April. Following an outbreak of Covid-19 in their office, they reached an agreement allowing staff to go home
27 April 2020
On 7 April Mark Serwotka wrote to Hannah Sell, general secretary of the Socialist Party, asking for an assurance that the Socialist would not be sold outside PCS-organised workplaces during the coronavirus emergency
27 April 2020
Civil servants in Paisley protest after Covid outbreak
On 24 April, civil servants at Paisley Jobcentre held an outdoors union meeting following an outbreak of Covid-19 in their office
21 April 2020
DWP: Action on workers' safety, and protection of pay and conditions needed
More than two million people have claimed benefits in the last four weeks. Failed Tory austerity is impacting health care workers having insufficient PPE and testing.
15 April 2020
Passport workers forced back to offices as Home Office shirks its duty of care
I work for the civil service and am a member and rep of the PCS trade union. Like many of my colleagues, I was shocked and appalled at the Home Office's decision to call workers at passport offices back
31 March 2020
Fight for safety, staffing and services - Covid chaos for benefits claimants
More than half a million claims to working-age benefits such as Jobseekers' Allowance and Universal Credit have been made in the last two weeks
31 March 2020
More than ever, we need accountable union leaders
The PCS union's national elections have been suspended
18 March 2020
Workers at Lewisham coronavirus hospital walk out after not being paid
"Infected patients are now being admitted into the hospital, but the cleaners have downed tools because they haven't been paid"
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