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The combined IL/BLN vote was 21,262 to 18,492 for the union's ruling Left Unity (LU) faction. LU has emerged from these elections far weaker than when it went in.

Fran Heathcote will take over from Mark Serwotka at the helm of PCS from February

The combined IL/BLN vote was 21,262 to 18,492 for the union's ruling Left Unity (LU) faction. LU has emerged from these elections far weaker than when it went in.

In the elections closing 14 December for General Secretary and Assistant General Secretary in PCS, the Independent Left (IL) is standing John Moloney for AGS and supporting Broad Left Network’s Marion Lloyd for GS, on a joint ticket. They run against the candidates of Left Unity (LU), which controls PCS but increasingly as a support mechanism for a narrow cabal of lay officials and senior bureaucrats.

The elections for Assistant General Secretary (AGS) and General Secretary (GS) in PCS are underway (ballot opened 9 November, closes 14 December). The ruling Left Unity (LU) group is standing Fran Heathcote for GS and Paul O’Connor for AGS. Both will, if elected, take the enormous salary for these posts (guaranteed pay progression to £103,100 pa) in a union where, under their leadership, tens of thousands of members are on or close to the minimum wage.

Elections for the posts of General Secretary (GS) and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) of the civil service union PCS will commence on 9 November (and close 14 December). The ruling Left Unity ( LU ) group’s candidates will be Fran Heathcote and Paul O’Connor. The historic critics and opponents of Left Unity, the PCS Independent Left ( IL ), will be standing John Moloney, the incumbent, for AGS and supporting Marion Lloyd of the Broad Left Network for GS.

The elections for Assistant General Secretary and General Secretary of the PCS civil service union commence on 9 November (and close 14 December). The ruling Left Unity (LU) group is standing Paul O’Connor for AGS and Fran Heathcote for GS. The PCS Independent Left (IL), including AWL supporters, is standing John Moloney for AGS and supporting Marion Lloyd, of the Broad Left Network (BLN), for GS.

Elections for the posts of General Secretary (GS) and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) of the civil service union PCS will commence on 9 November (and close 14 December). The ruling Left Unity ( LU ) group’s candidates will be Fran Heathcote and Paul O’Connor. The historic critics and opponents of Left Unity, the PCS Independent Left ( IL ), will be standing John Moloney, the incumbent, for AGS and supporting Marion Lloyd of the Broad Left Network for GS.

The branch nomination period for the upcoming elections for General Secretary (GS) and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) of PCS, the largest civil service trade union, ended on 16 October. Voting will be 9 November to 14 December. Predictably, there are two sets of candidates: Fran Heathcote and Paul O’Connor, of the ruling Left Unity (LU) group, and Marion Lloyd and John Moloney, standing on a Broad Left Network and Independent Left ticket. There is a great deal at stake.

Having killed the national campaign for cost of living pay awards backdated to 2022, the Left Unity (LU) faction leadership in the civil service union PCS is now presiding over below-inflation civil service pay awards for 2023. Yet they are keeping up the pretence that they have merely “paused” the campaign. It is a tactic they hope will help them win the elections for General Secretary (GS) and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) later this year: facing both ways to win the support of members...