National Gallery rally - 30th May

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Conference daily reports

Thursday, 21 May

• Stronger workplaces key for PCS in challenging government
• Complaint to TUC about Unison
• Solidarity with US anti-racism campaigners

Wednesday, 20 May

• Fringe meeting: union's voting reform campaign an inspiration
• John McDonnell: industrial action will be necessary to defeat Tories
• Join the fight to end austerity
• PCS life membership awards presented
• Candy Udwin thanks conference for support
• Conference acknowledges inspiring PCS reps
• Conference gives National Gallery members rousing welcome
• Fight benefit sanctions
• Union to act to stop Forestry Commission break-up
• GoCos on way to privatisation

Tuesday, 19 May

• Video: watch Mark Serwotka deliver the PCS annual report
• General election has made direct debit number 1 PCS issue
• Mark Serwotka: we must unite like never before
• Janice Godrich: let's keep fighting
• Fringe meeting: unite to defend human rights
• Union rep time for members under threat
• Help members - find out more about mental health issues

Monday, 18 May

• Fringe meeting: changing PCS in a hostile environment
• Mark Serwotka: members are our lifeblood
• Conference ovation for Candy Udwin
• DWP Garston dispute shows campaigning gets results
• Press release: Unions must show people we can win
• Nightmare for call centre staff
• HMRC branch's big PCS Fighting Fund donation

Branch award at #pcsadc 2015

Breaking News #pcsadc

PCS DWP Wigan branch receive team award for the members efforts in getting DD ready. A massive thank you to all members who have made the switch.

National conference and DWP Wigan branch delegation.

Get DD-ready and Glastonbury tickets could be yours

Sign up to pay your subs by direct debit before Wednesday, 3 June and you could be off to Glastonbury this summer.

All members who have signed up to pay their union subs by direct debit will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win a pair of tickets, worth £500, for the world’s most famous festival, which this year features performances by The Who, Florence and the Machine, Alt-J and hundreds more. 

Civil service departments have either already stopped you paying your union subscription out of your salary through check-off or are actively considering doing so. As a result your PCS membership is under threat. 

We need every member to sign up to direct debit to stay protected at work – it’s quick and easy and you can do it online.

Unless you’re registered to pay your subs by direct debit, once your employer ends check-off your membership will stop and you will no longer be protected.

PCS makes a real difference for you at work. Together we have:
 

• Won equal pay for agency workers
• Stopped privatisation at the Land Registry
• Fended off plans to offshore IT jobs at Hewlett Packard
• Won more than £1 million for fixed-term staff made redundant by the Department for Work and Pensions
• Seen off attempts to privatise security jobs at the Palaces of Westminster
• Secured hundreds of new jobs at the Passport Agency.

Range of benefits
 

As a PCS member you are entitled to a whole range of benefits, including:

• representation at work
• a free legal advice line on any personal or domestic issue
• access to ethical loans through the PCS Credit Union
• cheap car and home insurance
• shopping discounts.

Ask a colleague

If you’ve already signed up you will automatically be entered into the prize draw, but why not ask a work colleague to register for direct debit? The more members in your workplace the stronger the union, making us more able to campaign for better pay, conditions and services.

Act now. It’s a very small price for peace of mind. Register now to pay your PCS subs by direct debit.