Since becoming AGS, I have played a key role in the union and its disputes and I'm standing on a history of being a fighting socialist.
My record as AGS includes:
Leading the fight against austerity
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Helping turn the union into a campaigning
body fully committed to defending jobs, pay and conditions and the services we
provide, backed up with a leadership that combines a willingness to negotiate
with a preparedness and capacity to fight.
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I will continue to build support across PCS and
with other public sector unions to end the divide and rule of so-called
delegated pay. I have a proven record in fighting for action involving PCS and
all public sector unions that can break the pay cap and secure pay justice for
our members.
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I have played a leading role in challenging the
much discredited Performance Management and punitive sickness absence policies
that have created such stressful conditions in the workplace. I will continue
to direct support and resources to members who are targeted and lead a national
fight for a fair and healthy work environment.
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With your support I offer an alternative to
Osborne’s spending cuts and all-out attack on the pay, jobs and conditions of
our members
Winning concrete gains for
members
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As an experienced, strong, and skilful
negotiator I have shown that I can be trusted to stand up for your interests
with Senior Civil Servants, government contractors and government ministers.
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I have played a central role in leading and
supporting members in the fight against privatisation and off-shoring. With my
lead and support we stopped off-shoring in Hewlett Packard and Siemens/Atos. If
elected, I am confident we can win protection for members in DEFRA/DWP/BIS
shared services and stop the off-shoring plan in its tracks.
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Contact centres often mean oppressive and
stressful conditions for our members. I worked closely with DWP and HMRC
members who won safeguards after taking action. We aim to build on the example
set by these members and I am leading on a national campaign of all PCS members
to establish decent standards in every contact centre where PCS members are
employed.
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Supported key campaigns in the DWP & HMRC
that successfully fought for and defeated attempts to introduce compulsory
redundancies
Championing Equality & Organising
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I believe your union reps will testify to my
commitment to equality rights, whether it is fighting discrimination, holding
the employer to account on equality impacts, engaging members from a minority
ethnic, disabled, LGBT background and fighting for affordable childcare. I
played a leading role in securing workplace nurseries in the Land Registry and
supporting our members in HMRC who successfully blocked plans to close
workplace nurseries in their Group.
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I established the PCS Young Members Network
which has brought hundreds of young people into union activity and is one of
the most vibrant of any trade union today.
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Managers
in PCS struggle because of deep cuts and impossible demands from Head Office. I
have always recognised the multi-grade nature of PCS which is part of its
strength. As AGS I was responsible for setting up a network for Professional
and Senior Managers and will continue to make sure their voice is heard in PCS
and in negotiations with the employer.
Managing the Union
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As an experienced National Treasurer I have
managed the union’s finances at a time of spending cuts and falling incomes,
directly funding union work at local and group level, meeting escalating legal
and personal case costs and all our campaign activities.
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I have
also been able to cut overheads and in order that PCS can fund the union at
local and departmental level, support legal and personal cases and implement
our vital campaigns to defend your conditions at work
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I have overseen the setting up of a PCS Credit
Union, one of very few unions to offer this benefit for members.
