PCS Left Unity

PCS Left Unity is a socialist faction that operates within the Public & Commercial Services (PCS) union and is the biggest organised socialist faction in any TUC affiliate. Made up of different socialist groups and independents, we operate at every level of the union, from within branches and workplace committees to the Group & National Executive committees. Our aim: to build a fighting, democratic union and to drive forward a socialist agenda in the TUC.

As socialists, we stand for an independent and democratic union that puts up a determined fight for its members and a union that participates in the wider struggle for political and social change for working people. We are democratic and open organisation that embraces a wide range of socialist opinion in PCS and campaigns for a socialist society that provides for the needs of the many, not the greed of a few.

"Where next for fighting unions"

John McDonnell, Fran Heathcote, Matt Gould, Daniel Kebede, Alex Gordon, Libby Nolan, Richard Burgon, Holly Turner.

Sponsored Unison Time for Change, NEU Left, PCS Left Unity, Unite United Left, RMT Broad Left. TUC fringe event, supported by the Communist Party of Britain.

Union Left

In October 2022 Fran Heathcote, PCS Left Unity organiser; Andrea Egan, Unison Time for Real Change; Alex Gordon, RMT Broad Left; Lucy Coleman, chair of NEU Left; Dave Allen, secretary of Unite's United Left published an article in Morning Star "Union left groups are here to co-ordinate action".

There are now left groups in the NEU, PCS, RMT, Unison and Unite – in this time of heightened struggle, we urge all members to reach out to them so that we can mobilise for united action across the union movement, writes Union Left.

PCS Left Unity candidates for 2022 elections

National Executive Committee Elections

The President & Vice Presidents were elected unopposed

President Fran Heathcote

Vice-Presidents Martin Cavanagh, Hannah David, Kevin McHugh

The Results of the NEC Ordinary members election were as follows (excluding candidates displaced by joint Democracy Alliance slate with the Democrats, as carried by motion 8 at LU Conference):-

• Marianne Owens HMRC South Wales

• Hector Wesley HMRC Euston Tower (BM)

• Austin Harney MOJ Associated Offices

• Lorna Merry HMRC London HQ

• Ian Pope DWP Glasgow

• Angela Grant DWP Wirral (BM)

• John Jamieson Registers of Scotland

• Clive Bryant HMRC Worthing

• Steve Swainston DWP Durham House

• Mark Baker DCLG Bristol & South West

• Jimmy Gill DWP Cardiff & District (LGBT)

• Paul Williams DFT Nottingham

• Liz McGachey DWP Glasgow (LGBT)

• Mohammed Shafiq DWP Manchester (BM)

• Bridget Corcoran DWP Tyneside & Northumbria (LGBT)

• Tracey Hylton HMRC Liverpool (BM)

• Ian Lawther HMRC East Mids

• Sarah Ensor PSG Manchester

• Colette Smith HMRC Liverpool

• James Cox HO Croydon

• Steve Thorley CPS East Midlands

• Adrian Hedley ATOS Durham (CS)

• Robert Eagleton DWP London HQ (YM)

• Chris Dando DSG South West

• Jas McGuinness Maximus CHDA (CS)

Block Vote – Conference Elections

Editorial Board – 5 places

Malcolm Clark (Scot Gov), Gemma Criddle (HMRC), Rebecca Hunter (DBS), Kevin McCafferty (DWP), Julian Sharpe (PSG – UK Export Finance)

National Standing Orders Committee – 2 places

Richard Manchip (HMRC), Calum Walker (DWP)

Women’s’ TUC – 3 places

Emily Boucher (DWP), Megan Hamblin (HMRC), Carol Revell (DWP)

Scottish TUC – 4 places

Malcolm Clark (Scot Gov), Ruth Henderson (Scot Gov), Sharon King (MOJ), Steve West (DWP)

Youth TUC – 2 places

Emma Lee Anthoney – DWP Notts received, Maciej Krzymieniechi – DVLA

There were elections for the TUC and the Scottish Womens TUC Delegations, the successful candidates and votes listed below: –

TUC Congress delegates

• Claire Keenan (HMRC)

• Carol Revell (DWP)

• Sarah Evans (DVLA)

• Sarah Morton (DWP)

• Beth Greenough (HMRC)

• Rebecca Hunter (DBS)

Scottish Women’s TUC

• Liz McGachey (DWP)

• Ruth Henderson (Scot Gov)