Reminder DWP Group Elections 2018

YOUR chance to change the 

leadership in YOUR union

If you’re signed up for emails from PCS you will have had an email about these elections .
At the Branch AGM members unanimously voted to nominate a number of candidates for DWP Group Executive Committee . We now recommend that you vote for them .

President :  Bev Laidlaw       
Vice President:   Tom Bishell , Leon Searle 
Organiser: Chris Marks        
Treasurer: Jason Lansbury                      
Journal editor:  Nick Diamantis  
Assistant Secretaries: Declan Power, Charlie McDonald ,  George Thompson
Group Executive Committee:  Tom Bishell, Nick Diamantis, Bev Laidlaw ,  Jason Lansbury, Chris Marks, Charlie McDonald , Robin Nicholl , Jenny Pollard , Declan Power , Leon Searle, George Thompson

It's important to vote for all these candidates 

in every position that they are standing for .

Those that we have nominated actually deliver on their promises and in the last year among other things have continually put the case for ballots for action against the office closures - reps who have led sustained action against office closures in Sheffield and Plymouth take central position on the list – Bev , Tom and Leon .
We don't know all the names on this list, but we do know that we need a strong DWP GEC . Jenny continues to work closely with the Branch as NW TUS Secretary as did Chris Marks until recently DWP NW Organiser . Charlie’s , Nick’s , Declan’s and George’s support of the branch dates back to the days when Makerfield did London work.
They also demand a firm line against DWP on the issue of compulsory redundancies and also warned of the union breaking potential in the new DWP technology GovCo, BPDTS, which is still refusing to recognise PCS and leaves members there unable to get their issues heard .
Their record also includes opposition to the unfair, inadequate, divisive Employee Deal which ripped up our terms and conditions. Perhaps most relevant to large number of members in the branch is their continued support for members in DWP Contact Centres and their long running campaign to improve working conditions in CCs and Service Centres , especially around telephony.

YOUR chance to change the 

leadership in YOUR union