Tag Archives: PCS

By John Williams (Cardiff Central Socialist Party) Workers at Ofgem, the government energy regulator, members of PCS union, went on their second round of strike action between 29 September and 3 October, fighting for fair pay, job security and better agreements. Pickets on the first day brought some good news! Due to the strike action they took in August, there’s ...

By Dave Warren (Swansea Socialist Party and Secretary of the PCS Associate and Retired Members Section in Wales) Pickets at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) were in determined mood when Socialist Party members visited their picket line on Friday 16th June. Workers engaged in despatching driving licences and vehicle registration documents to the public had been on strike ...

By Dave Reid An important section of the workforce at Newport Passport Office have begun five weeks of strike action as part of action by 1,000 Passport Office workers nationally. Members of PCS, the civil service union, in the examination department at the office are taking action until May 5th to fight for a decent pay rise. The government has ...

All out together on Budget Day! Tens of thousands of workers across Wales have struck today in the latest wave of strikes to coincide with the TUC protest the right to strike. NEU teachers, PCS members in the civil service, ASLEF train drivers and UCU university workers all came out today in a huge show of power by working people ...

By Rob Williams, Socialist Party trade union organiser 2023 is beginning as 2022 ended, with significant nationwide strike action, this time of railway workers in RMT and Aslef. Postal workers continue their fight against Royal Mail bosses and are gearing up for a mandatory reballot after six months of strikes. NHS workers, nurses and ambulance workers have more strike dates set for this ...

By Dave Warren Swansea Socialist Party The industrial action over workplace safety at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has now entered its fifth month. The PCS union has operated a strategy based on targeted action, bringing out groups of workers at different times and paying them strike pay of £40 a day. Currently, members in the Drivers Medical ...

By Dave Warren, PCS Member and retired DVLA branch secretary The dispute at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) over Covid safety is now in its third month. The dispute is unusual, in that the leadership of PCS, the union representing the workers, is taking direct responsibility, with regular Zoom meetings for members chaired by the President Fran Heathcote ...

By Dave Warren former DVLA PCS secretary The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) branch of PCS has voted for industrial action against management’s failure to provide a safe working environment. During the first lockdown only 250 essential staff out of the 5,000 strong workforce was required to physically go into the workplace, but since September over 2,000 workers have ...

Workers are forced to spend hours working within a metre of other workers, but can be fined if they protest at these conditions!

By a DWP PCS member PCS members in the DWP offices in Caerphilly, Gabalfa, Cwmbran, Merthyr, Newport and Tonypandy have had carry on delivering services to the public despite having the threat of the relocation of their work hanging over them for the past four years. DWP management at the height of the pandemic when workloads are soaring has decided ...