Second Super Saturday is huge success

If you haven’t already done so, please vote in our national ballot for strike action. When you’ve completed and posted your ballot paper, please log in to PCS Digital and tell us you’ve voted.

We are at a critical stage of the ballot, which closes on 13 May. It is essential that all activists prioritise contacting their members using face-to-face communication, CallHub or other methods to encourage them to vote in the ballot.

In last weekend’s Super Saturday, PCS opened our region and nation offices to volunteers – members, activists and staff – to come in, enjoy a few refreshments and make calls to get the vote out. Our 102 volunteers made over 9,800 calls altogether either from home or from the various PCS office locations.

Angelo from DWP South London, who volunteered from the London office, said it was vital to get the vote out so the union can fight to end low pay in DWP: “We need to get our colleagues off universal credit. Let’s get voted and posted.”

What activists can do next to get vote out

It is vitally important that reps contact members who haven't already been contacted. These are usually members who haven't provided mobile numbers and email addresses.

We've also set up a new tab on PCS Digital called "Follow up targets", which shows those members who have told us they will vote and those that have requested a replacement ballot paper.

All branches should contact these members, filtering lists to show those who told us they've voted and those who've requested replacement ballot papers. An effort should be made to concentrate first on contacting members who told us weeks ago they have requested a ballot paper or told us they would vote.

For those interested in using CallHub to get the vote out, support is available from our user guide, YouTube videos, the PCS Organising team, full-time officers and other reps who have experience with the tool.

All branches can request a CallHub calling campaign to be set up for their branch. Reps and activists on the branch can then speak to their own members. The branch officer completing the form needs to have a list of the usernames of all the volunteers before submitting the request form.

Activists need to click on this link to register themselves for CallHub. They will be asked to create a username and password – and can then login at the main CallHub page.