For DWP GEC

I am standing for re-election to the DWP GEC. In the last year we have delivered on the national campaign, and it has been the correct strategy that we have needed to deliver on our issues. We must win on this by sticking to continued targeted action to put the most pressure on government whilst having the least cost to ourselves therefore the levy is so important as the longer, we can continue to act the more likely the government will back down and pay us what we deserve. The attacks made by this government will continue and because of this we have had the most successful ballot in the history of PCS delivering in the DWP the ability to act. It is our leadership that has done this with our success granting the ability for PCS and for staff in the DWP to take Strike action.

I have been a PCS member for 14 years and a rep for 13 years. I am the organiser for Scotland DWP Glasgow and Assistant Secretary Working Age for my branch.

I fought alongside fellow reps during such disputes as the successful Contact Centre dispute and more recently organised in Scotland to help bring out the best ballot result, we have ever had. I have a track record of organising within my branch and Scotland and we need that going forward. We must work using our organising plans to make sure that the union is as strong as possible. Only with the strength of our members can we do this continue to win. Many new members have joined PCS and it is showing that with us and the membership we have real strength. It is important that we do everything to get a voice of PCS in every workplace and I want to work on building our advocates and fellow reps to do this.

It is vital that we support our ongoing action, during the pandemic they asked people to clap for us but now if they meant that they would pay us too. Our pensions are being robbed by 2% by the government. Money that should be in our pockets instead, along with the attacks to our compensation scheme we need to take the fight to them and force them to recognise us as how important we are and the pay we get should reflect that.

I want to take the skills I have learned thorough my own hard work and apply them to the whole of the DWP and to show what we can achieve as a union together. I ask you to support myself and my fellow Left Unity candidates.

I am a Socialist and a member of Left Unity.

Support your Union. Support these Left Unity candidates

President – Cavanagh

Vice Presidents – Grant, Heathcote, McDonough, Pope

Assistant Secretaries – Braiser, Burke, Corcoran, McGachey, Morton, Shafiq, West

Organiser – Cunningham

Treasurer – Chilwan

Editor – Mellor

GEC – Boucher, Byers, Camadoo, Douglas, Evans, Fowles, Getton, Kennedy, Mack, Mulachy, McFarlane, McCafferty, Miles, Perry, Pritchard, Revell, Westgarth