The Bootle Taxes Branch AGM will take place on Tuesday the 26th of February 2019 at 12:30 pm until 13:30 pm in The Beaky. You can RSVP on Facebook here. All PCS members are allowed to take their own time to attend this meeting, we have tried to arrange this so it will be in most … Continue reading
Members will by now have been briefed on the Liverpool regional centre announcement. Namely, that Litherland House, St John’s House and the Triad will close by summer 2020 and that Imperial Court in Liverpool will be retained alongside India Buildings. From a Bootle perspective we are very disappointed that HMRC have stated a preference to keep … Continue reading
The Bootle Taxes Branch Women’s Advisory Committee (BWAC) and R&C Liverpool Branch Women’s Officer are taking part in the Liverpool Cathedral Sleepout. They are asking members to sponsor them to raise money in support of vulnerable people in Merseyside. The Whitechapel Centre is Liverpool’s leading homeless charity and as part of their fundraising efforts they … Continue reading
PCS have issued management with a Union Inspection Notice regarding the lifts in the Triad. You can download a copy of it here. Whilst the lifts have now been inspected and declared fit for use, they have been several times before and failed. We believe it is foreseeable that they will fail again. Given the … Continue reading
The PCS National Executive Committee is running a second round of consultation on the pay campaign. This follows the decisions taken by the NEC as regards how we approach a renewed campaign this year. Details of that decision and the consultation can be found here, and the NEC will use the consultation responses to formally ‘push the … Continue reading
The union for government workers has written to HMRC and to cleaning contractor ISS demanding a real living wage and better working conditions for cleaners on HMRC sites. The cleaners want: A real living wage: PCS policy is that for all of our members, in house and outsourced, a living wage is £10 per hour … Continue reading
Due to the exceptional circumstances we continue to face currently in the Triad this intended desk drop has had to be issued via email to ensure we reach all our members in PT Ops who are currently working from other buildings and floors away from their normal desks. We are happy with the initial response … Continue reading
PCS members have delivered the highest yes vote and turnout in the history of the union. But undemocratic, anti-union strike laws, implemented last year, will prevent strike action. Our independent scrutineers’ report, as required in accordance with section 231B of the Trade Union and Labour relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, for the above ballot which closed … Continue reading
HMRC are still saying India Buildings will open in autumn of 2019 rather than the summer. PCS reps will not be surprised if that gets put back again. (Update: HMRC are now saying that India Buildings won’t open until early 2020. We won’t be surprised if it gets pushed back even further. PCS members will … Continue reading
At the end of May, PCS’s Annual Delegate Conference voted overwhelmingly to endorse an industrial action ballot in support of the union’s pay demands. That ballot will now run 18 June to 23 July, and the campaign to win it has begun in earnest. Conference debate PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka moved the motion which called … Continue reading
