PCS: when "continue campaign" means dump it
The electronic membership ballot of PCS (civil service union) members is rumbling towards its conclusion on 31 August.
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The electronic membership ballot of PCS (civil service union) members is rumbling towards its conclusion on 31 August.
In 2018, the Independent Left, the grouping in the PCS that AWL comrades are members of, wrote an article called "To SWP comrades: where’s the politics?"
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In 2018, the Independent Left, the grouping in the PCS that AWL comrades are members of, wrote an article called "To SWP comrades: where’s the politics?"
The ballot on whether to call off the [civil service pay] dispute starts very soon [3-31 August, on the government offer of flat-rate payments to compensate for past cost-of-living issues and 4.5% for the next year]. Now you might say that’s not true as the [PCS union] leadership claim we are moving to a new phase, just pausing the dispute and not calling it off; that later this year, we will evaluate the outcome of the pay settlements and then decide whether to begin action again. Let’s pick that claim apart.