For a fighting, rank-and-file controlled union
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Reject the Home Office Pay Offer: No To Staff Cuts And Cuts to Terms and Conditions
Civil Servants in the Home Office need a real pay rise. After years of pay restraint, below-inflation awards, and attacks on our conditions, staff in the Home Office have taken more sustained strike action than almost any other department. That sacrifice deserves a real reward. Now at first glance the offer on the table looks…
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DWP Failed Ballot: The disease and the cure
Members across the union will be hugely disappointed and demoralised with today’s announcement of the DWP pay ballot result. Despite a 5-week balloting period, only 37.5% of members were convinced to vote, making it by far the worse result for a pay ballot in a large group since the introduction of the 2016 trade union…
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DWP GEC 2026 Coalition Candidates
Group President: Vice Presidents: Assistant Secretaries: Organiser: GEC Ordinary Members:
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PCS NEC 2026 – Vote Independent Left, Vote for Action, for Democracy and for Solidarity
The 2026 NEC elections are a vital juncture for members to regain control of their union from Left Unity and the bureaucracy; the Independent Left is part of the Coalition for Change electoral alliance which is fighting to make this happen by delivering its programme. For 2026 we need a new President and NEC that…
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HMRC GEC Election 2026 – When management attacks, we fight back!
In the Independent Left we know that rights for trade union members and reps aren’t just given by management, they’re fought for and won. In the IL we believe there is a need to refound PCS from the top to the bottom, to make it more democratic and put power in the hands of members…
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IL Open Meeting: Resisting Cuts in the Civil Service
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…