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Sub-committee: campaigns and communications

Members:

  • Members will be decided at the regional committee meeting on Friday, 2 September, 2011

Role of the sub-committee

Terms of reference for the sub–committee were discussed and agreed on 9 April, 2008 to recommend as follows:

  • Agreed that the sub-committee should meet between every regional committee, i.e. every three months and ad hoc as necessity dictates
  • To assist the national union to deliver the desired outcomes of any national campaign in the eastern region
  • To assist the delivery of any group or national branch campaign activity in the eastern region
  • Assist any branch specific campaigning
  • To develop and support the political lobbying of PCS in the eastern region, i.e. Parliamentary lobbies, lobbying PPC’s and PMEP’s, and via Make Your Vote Count in local councils
  • To develop the union’s relationship with the mass media in the eastern region
  • Build a network of key PCS regional spokespeople, e.g. DWP related issues. (Committee recommends that we seek to provide campaigning/media training for those reps that require it.)
  • Make full use of all available resources of the regional office to communicate the campaigning aims of the union to our members, e.g. use of the website, Eastern Angles, circular, e-mail and staff
  • Utilise the expertise of the national campaigns officers allocated to the region
  • Support and develop the union’s anti-fascist work throughout the region
  • Facilitate the building of solidarity and formal and informal links with other organised workers via their trade unions and TUC structures and local community campaign groups.

Regional plan

The following sections of the regional plan are to be actioned by this sub-committee.

Abbreviations:

  • RE - Richard Edwards, regional organiser
  • JS - Jim Stringer, regional secretary
  • FM - Fiona McLatchie, regional learning organiser

1. Campaigning

Our aims are clear; to create a better PCS infrastructure (non bureaucratic if possible) with strong links to the trade union movement and world outside PCS, to involve PCS branches and our networks in non PCS campaigns as well as seeking support for PCS campaigns.

1   Carry out an audit of branches affiliated and PCS members active in trades union councils (RE)

3   Build to ensure a major PCS presence at the Burston event for 2009 (RE)

4   Map where we are with establishing town action groups and the level of activity where they do exist (RE)

5   Seek regular media coverage of PCS issues (JS, RE)

6   Ensure major PCS presence at Ipswich May Day event in 2009 (RE)


2. Membership / organising

The short-term necessities are to obtain a fuller and clearer picture of the current situation; this is achievable by following these objectives

8   Advertise successes wherever possible to underpin organising and campaigning efforts

11  Launch credit union campaign (RE, FM)


5. PCS profile

External

4   Research key external organisations with whom the region should seek to build a relationship (JS, RE)

5   Build links with parliamentary representatives in the region
(RE, MYVC co-ordinator)


Internal

5   Map GEC members resident in region and the group regional structures to enable a workable, efficient interface (RE)

6   Build strong link with campaigns department via campaigns officer allocated to region (RE)

View the complete regional plan.

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