I am asking for your support in the upcoming elections for PCS NEC. During my 10 years as a PCS Representative, I have held elected positions at all levels of PCS. I have served on my BEC as Branch Organiser, ULR and Branch Secretary, and I am currently Branch Chair for DWP Liverpool Branch, DWP GEC Assistant Secretary, Vice Chair of PCS NW Regional Committee and I am an elected member of the PCS NEC.

I have attended North West TUC Conference as a delegate numerous times, and I am delegate to NW TUC Regional Council, this has given me a platform to promote PCS campaigns.

In my Branch, I have organised and led on campaigns against office closures, and on national campaigns for pay, pensions and terms and conditions. I work with activists from sister Unions on a number of local Anti-Cuts/Community campaigns and Antiracist/Antifascist community work and I am proud to represent PCS in this capacity.

Despite the change in government, we are already seeing U Turns on election pledges that will have a huge impact on workers. It is vital that the Trade Unions are in a strong position to apply maximum pressure on this government to ensure they fulfil their election promises and make significant improvements to the quality of life for working people after 14 years of Tory austerity and the cost of living crisis.

It is an honour to be elected to serve our members on the NEC, but the last year has been frustrating. After the NEC National Campaign and Organising plans were voted down at ADC by supporters of the NEC majority Alliance for Change, we have been limited by their sectarian politics as they have deliberately voted against any attempts to compromise and prioritise the members we are elected to serve. I am an active Branch rep and speak to members across Departments with my national roles. I have consistently voted in line with the feedback from members who have made their stance on the levy clear, it should be paused while we have no live mandate for industrial action linked to the National Campaign. I stand by every vote I have cast on behalf of members this year.

As we face a worrying rise in support for far-right organisations attempting to infect our politics with their rhetoric of hate and division, it is essential that the union movement is mobilised and ready to robustly challenge this. The genocide in Gaza has dominated our news feeds in the last 15 months and I am proud of the leading role PCS has played in condemning the actions of our government who have continued to supply the licenses for the weapons used to annihilate Palestinian men, women and children and in demanding a permanent ceasefire while supporting demonstrations for peace across the UK.

If elected to the NEC again, I will prioritise:            

• Working with Democracy Alliance NEC members to rebuild the National Campaign demanding a fair pay rise, pay restoration and the return of our stolen pension contributions.
• Continue to support the calls for a pause on the levy while we have no live industrial action mandate.
• Continue to prioritise equality at the heart of everything we do for members

I am a proud socialist and it would be an honour to be elected to serve our members on the NEC for another year. Please consider voting for me and all the Democracy Alliance candidates for the NEC.