For DWP GEC

I have been an active part of PCS majority of my working life and I am asking for your support for election to the DWP Group Executive Committee. I am an active, committed socialist and proud to be a member of Left Unity. Being elected to the GEC will give me the opportunity to do more to represent members interests at a higher level and I will continue fighting for a better Civil Service. If elected I will continue to defend members interests and raise issues to a higher level for a better chance to resolve problematic policies. My commitment to members will be the best chance of better working conditions. I will show the same dedication to members’ issues nationally that I do locally engaging with members; making sure members are treated fairly and equally, and protecting and extending members’ rights at work by negotiation with the employer and by campaigning alongside my fellow elected reps.

Recently I have resolved a long-standing issue for my members in Child Maintenance Newcastle regarding the Annual Leave calculation including non-working days and term time so based on total staff count instead of available staff. This was resolved by talking through the issue with management, presenting a presentation to members and providing an anonymous survey in which the majority voted for the annual leave to now not include the non-working days and term time.

I am active within the local branch as Assistant Secretary and experienced personal case rep, regionally as Branch Delegate, nationally as a member of the Child Maintenance Advisory Committee, and on the DWP Group Editorial Board. I am newly elected to DWP Regional Organiser in the North East. I’m proactive in supporting members; be that the need for above inflation pay increases for all members, fighting against inequality and discrimination, bringing outsourced workers back into the Civil Service, and pushing for a more environmentally sustainable future. My current roles allow me to represent the interests of members individually and as part of the wider collective. I currently lead a team of local reps when negotiating for the interests of members locally.

Left Unity have been at the forefront of fighting for members’ rights within DWP and the wider Civil Service; opposing government cuts, campaigning for equal pay, defending civil service pensions, and fighting inequality at every turn. I am proud of what Left Unity members have already done for the membership during the covid-19 pandemic to ensure everyone is kept safe. Left Unity have done much with members rights including after 5 years of campaigning the employer now provides free sanitary products for members at work.