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Structure and organisation

PCS is a democratic union, run by members for members.

In Scotland we have one major body overseeing the union's work: the Scotland committee.

Both the Scotland committee and the Scottish forum are made up of lay activists representing branches across Scotland.

The PCS Scotland committee has agreed to set up town committees to co-ordinate national campaigns across Scottish employers and branches in key centres.

Scotland committee

The Scotland Committee is elected annually at the PCS Scotland annual general meeting. It is made up of lay representatives from groups and branches across Scotland.

Members of the Scotland committee oversee the strategic priorities of PCS Scotland receive reports from PCS Scotland's full-time officers on organising, learning, campaigning and external relations.

The committe also co-ordinates PCS Scotland's work with the Scottish parliament, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and Scottish based bodies and institutions including those organisations to which PCS is affiliated.

It also advises on the priorities for PCS Scotland in recruitment, organisation, learning services and education within the national PCS strategies.

Scottish forum

The Scottish Forum brings together in Scotland those national branches that are not covered by group structures.

It is the Scottish equivalent of the PCS General Areas Forum, in which Scottish Forum branches are also represented through their national groups.

Michael McCann in the PCS Scotland resource centre in Glasgow is secretary to the Scottish forum

Town committees

The PCS Scotland committee agreed to set up Town Committees to co-ordinate national campaigns across Scottish employers and branches in key centres.

Lynn Henderson, parliament, campaigns, media and research officer, has overall campaigning responsibility.

Town committee meetings are informal and open to all members who would like to come along, not just branch officers and branch executive committee members.

The town committees have been meeting to plan for the national campaign.

Further meetings are being arranged to pull together local strategies, and events will be publicised on the relevant pages with details of dates, times and venues for meetings.