Whilst welcoming the halt to Jobcentre closures, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) cautioned that the additional 6,000 jobcentre staff announced today could be at the expense of services in other parts of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), such as pensions and carers. |  |
Responding to today’s pre-budget report, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) warned that civil and public services would continue to suffer if further ‘efficiency savings’ were made at the expense of jobs and services. | |
Ahead of today’s (24 Nov) pre-budget report, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) highlighted £21.5 billion worth of uncollected tax and £25 billion lost through tax evasion that could be ploughed into public services and stimulating the economy. | |
As the debate on staving off recession moves on to tax, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) will be holding a public meeting on ‘Closing the Tax Gap’ in committee room 5, House of Commons, Tuesday 18 November 3pm * 5pm. | |
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) met this morning and have decided to suspend the industrial action planned for Monday 10th November and the overtime ban proposed to commence on Tuesday 11 November. | |
Monday 10 November will see up to 260,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) taking part in one day UK wide civil service strike. | |
500 age discrimination claims over pay have been lodged by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Courts Service it was announced today. | |
The Public and Commercial Services Union urged MPs to make a difference to Britain’s workforce by supporting a number of amendments to the Employment Bill which are being debated in the House of Commons today. | |
Pay differences across the Department for Transport (DfT) mean the predominantly female workforce of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) effectively begin working for free from today for the rest of the year, when compared to staff doing similar jobs in the rest of the DfT and its sub agencies. | |
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), today agreed the first stages of a programme of national industrial action across civil and public services over the government’s public sector pay cap. | |
Industrial action short of a strike by 450 workers at the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) in Liverpool is causing major backlogs in work according to managers. | |
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) will be joined John McDonnell MP and four other high profile speakers at a public meeting on welfare reform on Tuesday 21 October. | |
A prolonged programme of industrial action, hitting civil and public services across the UK moved a step closer today, as members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) overwhelmingly backed strike action in a dispute over the government’s 2% public sector pay cap. | |
The Public and Commercial Services Union expressed deep concern today over the sharp rise in unemployment and reports that up to 10,000 jobs will be cut in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). | |
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), will warn that the bailout for banks shouldn’t come at the expense of public services, the public who rely on them, or the hardworking people who deliver them. | |
Today (Monday 13 Oct), sees the start of a work to rule at the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) which could double the time it takes for prospective teachers, nurses, social workers and foster parents to obtain clearance to work with children. | |
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the largest UK union in IT company EDS, condemned today’s announcement by EDS and Hewlett Packard (HP) that they would cut the UK workforce by 3,378 posts over the next two years. | |
Shamefully low pay levels in the civil service were highlighted today.
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More than 700 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) working for the conciliation service ACAS will be taking part in a one hour strike today in a dispute over pay. | |
The ballot started today of 270,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) for a programme of national industrial action over the government’s policy to cap public sector pay to below inflation. | |