DEFEND THE PCS!
TUSC Stoke & Staffordshire supporters stand in solidarity with PCS members and offer any support we can give to the fight to save their union from a vicious attack from the Tory government. We also appeal to all other trade unionists and workers to support the fight of PCS members to defend their union.
The
PCS has been a thorn in the side of the Tory government and has
played a crucial role in leading the fight back against their savage
austerity measures. Their fight is our fight!
Why
the Tories are attacking PCS (a PCS statement)
The
Tories are trying to undermine PCS as its foremost critic in the
trade union movement. Our work on challenging austerity and
importantly our campaign to promote an alternative, including
our Tax justice campaign, have been widely supported and
embarrassed the government.
Our
campaigning and industrial action has had some notable
successes, including: winning over 1000 more jobs in the
Passport Office, winning extra funding at Kew Gardens, stopping
the privatisation of the Land Registry, and ensuring fixed term
contracts have become permanent posts in HM Revenue &
Customs.
These
successes, among others, were delivered by a combination of
industrial action, political campaigning and media work that
pressured the government into backtracking.
It
is because our union is a block on the government’s attacks
that they are going on the offensive against PCS. Our
effectiveness has made us a target. More ............
A statement from LEFT UNITY in the PCS
PCS
has been the backbone of resistance to the coalition government’s
austerity cuts and privatisation programme. Because of that we now
face an all out assault aimed at destroying our ability to represent
members and defend jobs, conditions and services. This is the most
serious attack on trade union and democratic rights since the Miners
Strike. The principal purpose of this attack is to destroy any
organised resistance to the destruction of the public sector under
the guise of austerity. More ...............
