The PCS Independent Left think that it’s important that members come together to discuss the challenges our union faces and recognising the importance of rank and file organising we’re beginning a series of monthly online meetings to discuss how we can transform our union and meet those challenges.
The first in this meeting series will take place online via zoom Friday 13th February (12:30 – 13:30) where we will discuss how we respond collectively to the continuing wave of cuts across the Civil Service.
The government has announced sweeping budget cuts across the Civil Service. It is estimated that Departmental administration budgets will be cut by 11% in real terms between 2025/26 and 2028/29, with a further 5% in 2029/30 alone.
In order to meet these cuts, Departments have already enacted a raft of redundancies and recruitment controls. The impact is likely to be the most severe in London, where the Plans for Growth scheme incentivises employers to decrease the proportion of jobs in the capital relative to other specific locations, significantly reducing access to public sector jobs for working class people in the most diverse region of the country.
We have to oppose all efforts to reduce budgets through pay cuts or job losses – through a coordinated and rigorous industrial response. But so far, PCS has failed to provide the leadership we need. We need to build from the bottom up and bring together affected workforces.
Join the Independent Left for a discussion to pool ideas and begin to organise the fight back – both in our own branches and across the Civil Service – against cuts.
Join the discussion next Friday (13/02/26), 12:30 – 13:30, via the zoom link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85916233677?pwd=OSW4GNbBPGxY1aZ7aPdYenLjH95jJC.1
This meeting will be the first in a series of monthly online meetings so keep your eyes open for the next meeting.
If you’re interested in building a rank and file democracy that seeks to empower members, then consider joining the Independent Left in our campaign to transform the union.