PCS election pushes back ruling faction
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.
Source: workersliberty.org
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PCS election pushes back ruling faction
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.
Source: workersliberty.org
PCS: Left Unity gets rattled
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.
Source: workersliberty.org
Vote Lloyd-Moloney to rebuild union density
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.
Source: workersliberty.org