PCS Independent Left

20/05/2026

Following our tremendous recent NEC election win, join the Independent Left, and the other groups within the Coalition for Change to discuss our plans for the year ahead. 5:30pm, St. Paul's Church.

20/05/2026

Starting soon, 12:40 - 1:25pm!

Refounding PCS – Building The Union We Need

Union democracy is in dire straits. We have had no real pay campaign for several years. Members voted for change in the NEC elections; delivering a mandate to the Independent Left and our Coalition partners to begin rebuilding a member-led union that acts and wins. But our entire union needs transforming – from the bottom-up. Join us to discuss refounding our union, and the role of you and your branch.

19/05/2026

It’s back and it’s better than ever before…

All PCS Union members are welcome to come to Club Caucus, our legendary ADC social.

£5 on the door, upstairs at The Cricketers, 8pm onwards.

19/05/2026

Going to PCS Union ADC in Brighton?

Join our joint fringe meeting; PCS Against the Far Right, tonight from 6:15 - 7:30pm, Friends Meeting House (Lecture Room).

The far right is on the rise – posing a growing threat to working class people. Trade unions, by and large, have failed to respond – and PCS is no different. Come along to plan building the opposition of the far right within our union, from the grassroots upwards, from political action to counter-demonstrations. Co-hosted with Trade Unions Fighting the Far Right, a new rank-and-file network working to push the labour movement to lead the fight.

15/05/2026

"Motion A11 seeks to negotiate with the employer to penalise claimants who use OnlyFans and similar platforms as a form of self-employment. Conference should oppose this and instead support a claimant-led approach of decriminalisation; tackling coercion, improving necessary safeguarding, and addressing poverty without increasing stigma or state control over people’s lives."

Last month, the publication of motions to be debated at this year’s DWP Group Conference gave all of us an insight into the socially conservative politics of the current group leadership. However w…

15/05/2026

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Congratulations to our co-Trade Union Liaison Officer Bev Laidlaw, who has been elected national President of UK civil service union PCS (which is affiliated to USC) in the elections for its national executive that have just closed. Bev, a worker in the Department of Work and Pensions in Sheffield, has visited Ukraine a number of times since the full-scale invasion; she will be a powerful voice for Ukraine as well as international working-class solidarity generally.

(Photo above: Bev speaking at TUC Congress last year. Read her speech here: ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/09/09/the-reality-for-ukraines-workers-bev-laidlaws-speech-at-tuc-congress-ukraine-solidarity-meeting)

Congratulations to the other Ukraine supporters elected to the PCS's national executive, and commiserations to those not elected.

If you're going to PCS Annual Delegate Conference later this month and want to help there, get in touch: [email protected]

12/05/2026

Just half an hour left to vote for Josh Chown, Guy Brewer and Puck Oseroff-Spicer for the Home Office GEC! 🎯

12/05/2026

Four hours left to vote! ⌛

11/05/2026

National President-elect Bev Laidlaw on your support, and the final chance to vote in the DWP Group elections ⏰

11/05/2026

Have you voted in the Department for Work and Pensions - DWP GEC elections yet? Don't forget, ballots close tomorrow! 🗳️

11/05/2026

Elected! 🥳

https://pcsindependentleft.com/2026/05/11/elected-but-the-best-is-yet-to-come