PCS - Public and Commercial Services Union

PCS: Pickles in court over union subs

The decision by Eric Pickles and the Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG) to stop allowing the payroll department to deduct union subscriptions direct from salary – as has been custom and practice for years – is being challenged in the High Court next Tuesday 3rd September.

All UK coastguard stations understaffed this summer

All the UK’s coastguard stations have staff vacancies this summer as call-outs rise, the Public and Commercial Services union reveals.