Construction union UCATT are warning that Government plans to repeal regulations which control how employment agencies operate and replace them with a system of self-regulation, will lead to the exploitation. Under the Government’s proposals included in a consultation by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which closed yesterday (April 11) the Employment Agencies...
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Government to reduce safeguards against unscrupulous employment agencies
Stop the cuts to HMRC
Chief executive Lin Homer’s visit to a HMRC office was met by a protest opposing enquiry centre closures. Last month the department announced the closure of all 281 of its enquiry centres where the public can currently receive local tax advice. Last year these offices received 2.5 million visits and the union is warning...
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Help protect equality law – email your MP now
The government is planning to abolish fundamental equality law on Tuesday 16 April but you can help preserve it. Under threat is the general equality duty which lays out the fundamental principles society should strive for. Use our e-action to ask your MP to support a House of Lords amendment to stop the repeal of...
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Home Office strike action called
Members in different directorates and areas of the Home Office are called on to take strike action on different days as follows: Tuesday 16th April: All UK based members in Immigration and Settlement (excluding Permanent Migration) Wednesday 17th April: All UK based members in Immigration & Settlement (Permanent Migration area only). In addition, all...
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Mass walk-ins show strength of HMRC strike
On Sunday we posted a message of support for the thousands of PCS member who went out (or rather, went in late!) yesterday. The article below, reproduced from the PCS website, informs members and supporters about how the strike went. This is still an early stage of a prolonged campaign of industrial action civil...
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PCS tell Culture minister to call off attack on the Arts
Culture minister Maria Miller has been told to call off the government’s attacks on the arts. The PCS branch at the British Library in London told Ms Miller she was unwelcome at the world-renowned institution which she visited today. She was told she should “desist in making undemocratic attacks on funding for the arts”,...
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Friday’s strike hailed as “tremendous success”
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka and PCS president Janice Godrich have congratulated the tens of thousands of members who walked out on Friday. They described that action as, “A tremendous success” that has resulted in “major disruption across the country.” The half-day strike saw the closure of museums, Jobcentres forced to reduce their service...
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George Osborne does not have your best interests at heart: Support the Budget Day strike
This week Senior Civil Servants such as Mark Sedwill have all but told PCS members they are being selfish...
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Petition to reinstate worker who spoke out about bullying gains momentum
An online petition to be delivered to the Home Office’s Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill demanding the reinstatement of young...
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Message from Home Office group secretary
It has been brought to my attention that in some areas management are seeking volunteers to do overtime to...
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284 jobs to be lost in UKBA Asylum operations
Members will be aware from several PCS Members’ Briefings issued over the last few months, that management have been...
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Performance Management: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Despite the hostility of members to the new performance management system Home Office and IPS management still persist in...
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Home Office: The department that just keeps giving
Our union is taking action on 20 March as part of our national campaign to safeguard our jobs, pay,...
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Update on victimised rep’s Employment Tribunal claim
Members will already have seen updates from PCS at both group and branch level. We are members in the...
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The right to request flexible working
Last year we asked you to complete an on-line survey to find out how straight forward our members found...
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Reinstate Kevin Smith: the fight goes on
The PCS Merseyside branch’s campaign, which PCS’ General Secretary and also the West Croydon branch supports, has a simple...
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Croydon TUC to show Shrewsbury 24 video
Yesterday we uploaded a post on the actor Ricky Tomlinson’s campaign for the release...
Interim advice on migration backlog casework
Many members have contacted us about the desperate attempts of managers to find all...
Branch AGM called
Earlier today the branch uploaded a formal notification of the West Croydon branch’s Annual...
Open Letter: 2013 is your chance to get involved and become a local representative
All PCS members, 2013 is almost upon us and we would like to take...
15th Floor Refurbishment Update
Last month we updated members who work on the 15th floor over negotiations with...
Croydon civil servants protest over government’s attack on terms and conditions
Yesterday over 50 civil servants working for the Home Office in Croydon’s Lunar House...
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