Motions Received

Branch Motions (to agree branch policy for the coming year)
 
PCS Credit Union

Pay freezes, increased pension contributions, profiteering by energy companies and the general cost of living increases are making it increasingly difficult for PCS members to make ends meet.  PCS credit union (owned and run by members) is an ethical alternative to the main high street banks and an affordable alternative to the extortionate payday loan companies that have sprung up in recent years.

This Branch Committee should actively promote membership of the Credit Union by whatever means suitable.

Proposed by Ann-Marie Campbell .  Seconded by Simon Dalfen .

Group Motions (to be submitted to 2014 PCS DWP Group Conference)

None received
 
National Motions (to be submitted to 2014 PCS National Conference)

The unilateral decision by the NEC to abolish PCS diaries without prior notice for 2014 came as a shock to many members and is undemocratic .  The alternative provision of an electronic diary is not sufficient .
While appreciating the cost involved there must be alternatives ; members could be contacted by email to confirm if they want to receive a diary and these could be distributed via regional offices to branches to forward to their members ,this would avoid excessive postal costs from the newly privatised Royal Mail.
Sponsorship could be sought from any one of PCS’s ethical partners this would drive down the cost of production.
Conference instructs the NEC to investigate all avenues in regard to this and to reintroduce PCS diaries at the earliest possible time.

Proposed by Lynn Burton .  Seconded by Simon Dalfen
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