http://www.pcs.org.uk/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm en-uk PCS weewee.wong@pixl8.co.uk RSS Feed for PCS Comment A long running campaign in the Vehicle and Operators Services Agency (VOSA) has seen off proposals to privatise the agency's work. Jim Fitzpatrick MP, minister for Transport, announced the decision in the House of Commons in July, following a two year campaign by PCS members and sister unions Prospect and Unite. http://www.pcs.org.uk/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/7BC59B7E-90DB-48B3-8B898796117E8D16 Two intrepid PCS reps traveled over 1,000 miles in five days to tour all of the 19 Scottish tax offices earmarked for closure in the department's latest announcement. http://www.pcs.org.uk/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/80BB0B41-0D6F-426E-937E312E478847BD For the first time women now make up half of all trade union members in Britain, delegates to our 2008 women's seminar heard. http://www.pcs.org.uk/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/64AFEB38-AED4-4569-B07417685511F1E4 PCS members took part in a national demonstration against racism in June. The event was organised by Love Music, Hate Racism and Unite Against Fascism to give people a chance to show their opposition to fascist and racist organisations like the British National Party (BNP) and build for a year long campaign ahead of the 2009 European elections. http://www.pcs.org.uk/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/057BACC3-FAE1-41DD-BE2F70DC1EB38E62 Branch officers have launched a campaign for flexible working hours at the East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA). Richard West and Shelley Wilkinson hope the initiative will bring EMDA staff into line with the rest of the civil service where flexible working is a contractual right. http://www.pcs.org.uk/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/id/7D35E646-0A9F-473C-B3755D89A8FE25E1