PCS plans to move on pay and cost of living (John Moloney's column)
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of our union, PCS, on 9 December will discuss a proposal for a consultative ballot of the entire civil service membership for industrial action as part of a national campaign around the cost of living. Whilst the union has been running a campaign on this for some time, we now have to move things up and test the mood of members. There’s undoubtedly a huge amount of work to do but the ballot will give us a focus to our work. In addition to this, I will be arguing for parallel campaigns for our culture sector, Metropolitan Police, and privatised members. In...