Public and Commercial Services Union
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| Full name | Public and Commercial Services Union |
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| Members | 250,000 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Affiliation | TUC, ICTU, STUC |
| Key people | Mark Serwotka, general secretary Janice Godrich, president |
| Office location | London, England |
| Website | www.pcs.org.uk |
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is the sixth largest trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in government departments and other public bodies although some work for private companies.
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[edit] Membership and organisation
The union was founded in 1998 by the merger of the Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union (which mostly represented the executive 'managerial' grades of the Civil Service) and the Civil and Public Services Association (mostly representing the administrative grades).
The union has over 250,000 members and is the largest trade union representing civil servants in the UK.[citation needed] Its current general secretary is Mark Serwotka.
PCS is organised into groups that deal with different bargaining units such as Revenue and Customs, Department for Work and Pensions and Law and Justice.
[edit] Strikes involving PCS members
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[edit] 2004
In November 2004, PCS workers across government departments undertook a one-day strike in protest against government plans to cut the Civil Service by 20%. This action was followed by further one-day strikes on 31 January and 1 May 2007.
[edit] 2006
[edit] 2007
Three one day strikes over pay in Liverpool Museums. [1]
[edit] 2010
On 8 March 2010, 270,000 civil servants began a 48 hour strike over government changes to redundancy payments.[2]
[edit] 2011
The union voted for a one-day strike on 30 June 2011.[3]
There were stints of hour strikes during the summer months of 2011 but these were not full walk outs.[citation needed]
A further strike was voted for by members for 30 November 2011, over pensions negotiations with the government.
There was a three-hour strike on 12 December 2011 over privatisation of call centres, with further action planned for 16 and 31 January 2012.[6]
[edit] 2012
Action is planned for 16 and 31 January 2012.[7]
[edit] Equality networks
PCS has a network for young members (aged 27 and under).
PCS has a network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender members.
PCS has a network for associate and retired members.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/news_centre/archived_news.cfm/id/3CA64C47-A368-45A0-A76B8FC2689D0ACD
- ^ "270,000 civil servants join 48-hour strike". bbc. 2010-03-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8554345.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ^ "Britain walks out: UK braced for biggest wave of strikes since the 1980s", Andy McSmith. Nigel Morris. The Independent. 16 June 2011. Accessed 15 June 2011
- ^ "Union put brave face on strike turn out and insist walkout was 'best ever' response". Daily Mail (London). 1 July 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010086/Public-sector-strike-Union-leaders-insist-walkout-best-response.html?ito=feeds-newsxml.
- ^ "Union put brave face on strike turn out and insist walkout was 'best ever' response". Daily Mail (London). 1 July 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010086/Public-sector-strike-Union-leaders-insist-walkout-best-response.html?ito=feeds-newsxml.
- ^ http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/3C3CDFD4-ECC7-4507-A9202825812EE526
- ^ http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/3C3CDFD4-ECC7-4507-A9202825812EE526
[edit] External links
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