Monday, 10 May 2021

Marion Lloyd: Last chance to vote in PCS Elections

National BLN Candidates

Links take you to a page with a video by that person.

President

Vice presidents

National executive committee

DWP and HMRC Group BLN Candidates

These ballots are by E-mail and you have to vote by 18th May:

Click here for these candidates.

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Sunday, 9 May 2021

PCS National Ballot closes Thursday 13th, Post your ballot paper Today!

We have another four videos supporting the Broad Left Network candidates in the PCS Elections. Your ballot paper needs to arrive by 13th May 2021. So get posting!

Here are some more candidates speaking about BLN policies and candidates, first our candidate for National Vice President, Dave Semple:


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Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Get Your PCS Vote in NOW! Vote BLN for National Committee!

Time is running out for PCS Members to vote in its National Elections, your ballot paper needs to be in by 13th May. If you have group elections, you can vote on line (you should have got an email), and this needs to be done by 18th May. DWP and HMRC recommendations here.

Here are some more recommendations from some of the candidates:







Who are the Broad Left Network?

The Broad Left Network was formed by socialists in response to the need to challenge and replace the current failed union leadership.

The key issues it is standing candidates on include:

  • A national campaign for a safe working environment. Address mental health, stress and well-being as a priority. We won’t pay for the Covid-19 crisis
  • Stop the pay freeze. For a 10% pay rise. A national campaign on pay and pensions
  • End privatisation, bring services back in-house
  • Protect and improve lay democracy
  • Protect the future of our union with campaigns that can recruit, organise, build and win improvements, not by mergers and restructures.
  • Fight the Tory attacks on our right to protest, strike and picket
  • A strong political voice — PCS should only support candidates who back us

BLN Candidates

I support the Broad Left Network and call upon union activists and members to vote for these BLN supported candidates in the ballot 22 April - 13 May.

President

Vice presidents

National executive committee

  • Bartlett Dave: MOJ
  • Bridges Andi: HMRC
  • Brittle Fiona: Scot Gov
  • Brown Alex: Health
  • Brown Sarah: Met Police
  • Davies Jaime: HMRC
  • Denman Kevin: Met Police
  • Dennis Alan: DSG
  • Doyle Nick: HMRC
  • Foxton Gill: DfE
  • Francis Sue BEIS
  • Guinnane Paul: DfE
  • Heemskerk Rachel: DWP
  • Lloyd Marion: BEIS
  • Lowry Tom: DWP
  • McDougall Rachelle: HMRC
  • Parker Nick: BEIS
  • Rees Dave: DWP
  • Ritchie Rob: Met Police
  • Rosser Jon-Paul: HMRC
  • Semple Dave: DWP
  • Suter Paul: DWP
  • Tweedale Saorsa-Amatheia: DWP
  • Williams Katrine: DWP
  • Worswick Craig: DWP
  • Young Bobby: HMRC
  • Young Colin: DfE

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TUSC: Polling Day Tomorrow!

It’s polling day tomorrow, and the establishment parties have nothing to offer working-class and young people.

At the ballot box, you can register your dissent and help build the fightback by voting for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. TUSC is standing a list for the London Assembly (orange ballot paper), and in several Assembly constituency seats and borough ward by-elections.

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Friday, 30 April 2021

Why you should vote TUSC on 6th May!

Here is the TUSC Party Political Broadcast for the coming local elections. Vote TUSC, standing up for working class jobs, and living standards!


All other candidates will pass on Tory Government cutbacks!

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Thursday, 29 April 2021

Group Elections in PCS. BLN candidates in DWP and HMRC groups.

DWP Group


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Even more videos by BLN Candidates for PCS National Committee

Another day, another pair of videos from candidates standing for the National Committee of the PCS Union, running as part of the Broad Left Network team. Here are some more from Alan Dennis and Jaime Davies. After that, a written statement from another retired member, Alexis Edwards.

Alan Dennis

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Tuesday, 27 April 2021

A retired member speaks about the PCS Elections

One of my peers during my time in PCS, Dave Warren, worked in the Driver Vehicle Licensing Centre in Swansea for much of the time that I was a representative. He speaks here about the current industrial action in his old workplace. If you looked at my article on the history of the left in PCS, and the complacency of its current leadership, then what Dave is saying will be no surprise to you. This is why the Broad Left Network is standing, to try to make a difference, and why retired members with nothing personal to gain, such as Dave, me, and others, are asking you to vote for Broad Left Network candidates!

Dave Warren’s Video


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Monday, 26 April 2021

More Broad Left Network videos for the PCS NEC Elections

Paul Guinnane:


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Saturday, 24 April 2021

Two more Broad Left Network candidates for the PCS National Committee

 Katrine Williams

 

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Thursday, 22 April 2021

PCS leadership ballot underway

by Katrine Williams, Vice-president PCS DWP group (personal capacity)
(copied from The Socialist, 21 April 2021)

The ballot for PCS president and national executive committee opens on 22 April and runs to 13 May. PCS is the union for government workers in the civil service and public and private sectors.

The PCS left rank-and-file group, the Broad Left Network, is standing Socialist Party member Marion Lloyd for president and candidates for vice-presidents and the national executive committee.

Marion Lloyd has received 42 branch nominations. She is currently BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) group president and on the union's national executive committee. Marion's nominations put her in the strongest position to defeat the current president, Fran Heathcote.

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