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Union reps and members gathered from 21 to 23 May for the Annual Delegate Conference (ADC) of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union.

As we go to press, the conference is taking place of the PCS union. Already a fighting strategy for pay has been agreed

PCS Annual Delegate Conference opened on 21 May. Solemn faces from the leadership abounded, after their defeat in the NEC elections.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) elections in the civil service union PCS have resulted in sweeping gains for the Coalition for Change, spearheaded by the PCS Independent Left (IL) and the Broad Left Network (BLN), against the long (mis)ruling Left Unity (LU). Although LU retained the Presidency, Change candidates, who fought on a principled programme focussed on the critical problems facing members, took three of the four Vice Presidents and sixteen of the thirty Ordinary NEC posts. Going...

Phil Hearse examines the rapidly shifting political landscape that the increasing likelihood of a Starmer-led government is bringing about.

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Ballot papers for the National Executive Committee (NEC) elections in the civil service union PCS will start to be sent to members on 18 April. It is a critical election at a critical time for PCS members. PCS is currently undertaking ballots (closing 13 May) across 171 civil service “bargaining units” over pay, pensions and jobs. Civil service real wages are in unprecedented decline. Yet the Left Unity (LU) leadership of PCS is not showing the will, drive and organisation to win the ballots...

There is a growing sentiment in favour of a genuine left-wing alternative. But the aim of the various electoral fronts and initiatives is to limit workers to one of two dead end alternatives: pressuring the Labour Party to the left, above all to back a ceasefire in Gaza, or at some point forming a new “left” party modelled on Labour and hopefully led by its former leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Student leaders say NSUI performance across Hindi heartland universities tied to Cong fortunes. As the parent body faltered nationally over the past decade, so did NSUI's success rate

Owen Jones has a dodgy record and still shows no understanding of what the anti-Zionism equals anti‑Semitism big lie is all about, says Carla Roberts