What is "left wing" in PCS?
The elections for Assistant General Secretary and General Secretary of the PCS civil service union commence on 9 November (and close 14 December). The ruling Left Unity (LU) group is standing Paul O’Connor for AGS and Fran Heathcote for GS. The PCS Independent Left (IL), including AWL supporters, is standing John Moloney for AGS and supporting Marion Lloyd, of the Broad Left Network (BLN), for GS. All formally left-wing candidates, but proclamations of “socialism” are never a sufficient guide in trade union elections. PCS’s LU leadership love to make “left wing” speeches. Yet under their...