Follow the shortcuts below to find out more about the different committees that make up your union branch.
Branch Executive Committee
The Branch Executive Committee (BEC), elected before the Annual General Meeting each year, is the primary PCS body within the branch which, among other things:
- represents members in personal cases and negotiations with local management,
- promotes PCS campaigns,
- acts as a link between members in the branch and the union nationally,
- co-ordinates PCS activities in the branch
There are several officer positions on the BEC (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Organiser & Treasurer) with different roles and responsibilities but, in practice, the lines get blurred and we all chip in to get things done.
Chair: John Virtue
Vice Chair: Jay O’Neill
Secretary: Pete Smullen
Assistant Secretary: Sharon O’Neill (Personal Case Co-ordinator)
Organiser: Aimee Cubley and Dani Dunn (see here for the Branch Organising Strategy)
Treasurer: Dave Gibbons
Deputy Treasurer: Lottie Bull
Equalities Officer: Nikki Burns
Black Members’ Officer: Feyi Imahia
Disabled Members’ Officer: Rachael Gallon
LGBT+ Members’ Officer: Lizzie Allsop, Ben Kelly and Stephen Parry
Neurodivergent Members’ Officer: Helen Sheridan
Women’s Officer: Hajnalka Plesko
Young Members’ Officer: Liam Crabb and Heather Robertson
Environmental Health & Safety Officer: Kat Miles
Health & Safety Co-ordinator: Tony O’Neill
Deputy Health & Safety Co-ordinator: Lottie Bull
Union Learning Rep Co-ordinator: Justine Lloyd
Deputy Union Learning Rep Co-ordinator: Vacant
Sub-Committees of the BEC
To support the work of the branch across the year, the BEC elects from among the reps to form various sub-committees.
Organising Committee
The organising committee is made up of the Branch Officers plus two assistant organisers per building who support the Branch Organiser in coordinating the branch’s organising and campaigning work.
Assistant Organisers: Lottie Bull, Liam Crabb, Daniel Flynn, Louis Radforth, Heather Robertson
Equality Committee
The equality committee is made up of all of the BEC officers with equality portfolios who work together to coordinate equality-related activity across the branch.
Branch Women’s Advisory Committee (BWAC)
The BWAC is directly elected by the AGM. It is made up of 8 members who support the Branch Women’s Officer in her work promoting gender equality.
Current members: Lauren Jones, Kat Miles, Carolyn Newall, Sharon O’Neill, Helen Sheridan
Publicity Committee
The publicity committee is made up of reps and advocates who have volunteered to help produce content for the branch’s website, social media, magazine and newsletter.
Current members: Lizzie Allsop, Emma Coxon, James Nolan, Sheila Trampel
Hardship Fund Committee
The hardship fund committee is made up of 3 members who take decisions on hardship fund applications and authorise payments for the Branch Treasurer to make.
Current members: Rachael Gallon, Sharon O’Neill, Helen Sheridan
Office representatives
An office rep is pretty much the same as a shop steward. They represent members primarily in their own business streams for personal cases and negotiations with local management. Each committee of office reps elects lead reps to sit on the BEC alongside the Branch Officers.
Business Tax & Customs:
St John’s House:
Office Chair: Liam Crabb
Office Secretary: Heather Robertson
Office Representatives: John Breckell, Graham Cammack, Ben Kelly, Dave Pallett, Paul Shanahan
The Triad:
Office Chair: Dani Dunn
Office Secretary: Pete Smullen
Office Representatives: Dave Barratt, Daniel Flynn, Nicola Hayden, Kat Miles, Darren Moore, James Nolan, Anna-Marie O’Connor, Louis Radforth, Georgia Smith, Darren Thompson
Customer Compliance Group:
Office Representatives: Chantelle Duquemin, Andrew Ford
Customer Strategy & Tax Design:
Position vacant
Corporate Services:
Position vacant
ISS Cleaning Staff:
Position vacant
PT Ops:
Office Chair: Jay O’Neill
Office Secretary: Brian Allen
Office Representatives: Jamie Branford, Lottie Bull, Nikki Burns, John Byrne, Joanne Dickinson, Rachael Gallon, Dave Gibbons, Richie Hammond, Margi Henderson, Sharon O’Neill, Tony O’Neill, Anne Roberts, Helen Sheridan, Kay Smith, John Virtue, Chris Wood
Health & Safety Reps
The functions of trade union safety reps are laid down by the 1977 Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations (SRSC Regs.). The law also gives Health and Safety Reps paid time off to fulfil their duties.
Litherland House Representatives: Lottie Bull, Nick Tanner
St John’s House Representatives: John Wilden
Triad Representatives: Dave Barratt, Nikki Burns, John Byrne, Aimee Cubley, Pete Dewar, Dani Dunn, Dave Gibbons, Richie Hammond, Barry Jones, Dave Lindsay, Justine Lloyd, Rosetta Luca, Darren Moore, Anna – Marie O’Connor, Tony O’Neill, Pete Smullen, Darren Thompson, John Virtue
Union Learning Reps (ULRs)
ULRs are trained union members who promote learning in the workplace.
Like the Health & Safety Reps, legislation gives Learning Reps a statutory right to time off to undertake training and to carry out their duties.
Union Learning Representatives: Lizzie Allsop, Haley Caruana, Peter Dewar, Claire Hulse, Justine Lloyd, Rosetta Luca, Kat Miles, Kay Smith, Chris Welsh
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