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Members meeting 01/02/2023

Our strike re-ballot arrived on 16 January 2023 to give us a chance to tell the Tories that enough is enough. In support of this PCS is holding a members meeting about the ballot on Weds 1st Feb 1630-1730.

It is a chance to ask us your questions about the ballot, national strategy, or about a potentially upcoming strike.

This also coincides with the TUC national day of action – with many areas telling the government their economic approach to pay and employment rights is not good enough.

Members can join online via Zoom, or in person at regional PCS Office, Town Centre House, Merrion Centre, Leeds LS2 8LY.

The zoom link is contained in the email to all Leeds members sent on 26/01/2023.

Solidarity.

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Face-to-face member’s meeting – 26/10/2022 @ 12:00 – guest speakers, Q&A, free food, cash prize draw

Members are invited to an open meeting of PCS Leeds R&C Branch on Wednesday 26 October. It will be held at Quayside House, Canal Wharf, LS11 5PS opposite ‘Waterlane Boathouse’. We will meet outside 7/8 Wellington Place by 12:00 noon (look for a PCS flag) and walk over, however it is just 8 mins walk from the office and you can choose to meet us there.

The meeting will discuss our industrial action ballot for a living wage, fair pensions and job security, which runs until 7 November. There will be guest speakers from the TUC, UNISON, UCU, and the CWU, to talk about how our ballot fits into the wider industrial picture and how we can win. There will also be a Q&A session, along with a cash prize draw for all attendees for 3 prizes of £40, £20 and £10.

This meeting is a great opportunity to ask questions you may have about the ballot, learn how you can get more involved, and meet reps and fellow members face-to-face. Members are advised to register for the meeting using the link in the email sent 20/10/2022 by Yorkshire and the Humber Hub. Please also let us know if you are attending on the facebook event.

We hope to see you there.

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How to request a replacement ballot paper

If you are a PCS member, by now you should have received your ballot for the vote on strike action running from 26 September to 7 November 2022.

If you are a PCS member and you haven’t received your strike ballot, you can request a replacement, but you must do this before 24 October 2022.

Requesting a replacement ballot paper can be done via your membership record on PCS Digital. Before requesting, please check your address is up-to-date, as an incorrect address may be the reason you never received your ballot in the first place.

If you have any questions about the ballot, you can check out our Strike FAQ, or contact us.

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Strike Ballot – Frequently Asked Questions

PCS goes to a national ballot from the 26th September – 7th November 2022, and there has never been a more important time to join, or participate.

We have created a ‘Ballot FAQ’ page that members and non-members can be directed to, to answer some of the questions we are hearing about the ballot

Below are the questions currently listed. We intend to keep this up to date and welcome members and non-members idea for other FAQ that should be listed.

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PCS Confirms Strike Ballot on 26 September

PCS has confirmed it will be holding a strike ballot on 26 September, following a result from March’s consultative ballot that showed our voting membership was overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.

This ballot will run for 6 weeks until 7 November. Because it is postal-only, we are urging you to get ballot-ready by logging into PCS Digital and updating your personal details, ensuring your ballot gets sent to the right address; this way you can have your say and resist real terms pay cuts, job cuts, and the cost of living crisis.

We are voting to strike for:

  • a 10% pay rise
  • a Living Wage of at least £15 an hour so all of our members are paid enough to survive
  • a 2% cut in contributions that our members have overpaid to their pensions since 2018
  • no further cuts to redundancy terms
  • a job security agreement
  • resources provided so overstretched departments have all they need to deliver essential public services

We will be posting a lot over the next three months on our website and across social channels to tell members to update their details and get ballot ready. We’ll need all the help we can get to communicate this essential message, and we’re always looking for volunteers, advocates, and activists to assist us. If you want to help, we’d love to hear from you, so send us a message on our contact form.