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The Left Unity leadership (LU) of the PCS civil service union is conducting a “survey”, over just two weeks, to gauge membership support for its 2024-25 pay demands and for strike action. LU failed to consult branches about the demands, sprang the survey on them without providing campaign materials, and has not given them time to campaign effectively for members’ support. The survey was issued to members on 20 February on a non “https” secure server. Some members expressed security concern for the handling of their data and this has meant they have not completed the survey.

Academic research commissioned by the civil service union PCS has concluded: “... UK Civil Service wages have dramatically eroded in real terms due to persistent below-inflation pay rises. Depending on the inflation indicator used, at best, real wages in 2023 were at where they were two decades ago... Since 2010, median annual pay has fallen between 15 and 38% in the civil service, depending on the grade and inflation indicator.”

A paper of Marxist polemic and Marxist unity

The Independent Left group in the civil service union PCS, which includes supporters of Workers’ Liberty, has reached electoral agreement with Broad Left Network to challenge the ruling Left Unity ( LU) group in the 2024 PCS National Executive (NEC) elections, for which nominations have already started and voting is in the spring.

There is much talk in establishment circles about the British army being too small and the need to gear up for war against Russia. Under these circumstances the left needs clear programmatic answers, says Jack Conrad