E-actions
E-action campaigns are a fast, effective and accessible way to lobby and petition decision-makers.
Our e-actions enable members and supporters to send targeted emails to key figures such as MPs, government ministers, London Assembly members, police and crime commissioners, and permanent secretaries.
E-actions are a vital part of PCS’s campaigning, enabling us to take action quickly and collectively. They have been used to support a wide range of union priorities, including:
- Intervening in industrial disputes to protect members’ pay, conditions and rights
- Preventing office closures
- Challenging arbitrary return-to-office mandates
- Influencing key votes in Westminster
- Inviting MPs to union events.
E-actions don’t always target constituency MPs; they can be directed at other influential figures depending on the campaign’s focus, for example specific government ministers, chief executives or members of devolved parliaments.
Please see below for all current e-actions that you can complete.
For any queries regarding PCS E-actions please contact [email protected]
This e-action urges MPs to press the chancellor for fair tax reforms that fund public services, tackle inequality, and ensure economic stability for all.
Parliamentary security officers dispute
Parliamentary security guards have been forced to take strike action over pay stagnation, loss of annual leave and unfair shift patterns.
The transfer of the Building Safety Regulator, BSR, from HSE.
PCS is opposing the transfer of the Building Safety Regulator from the Health and Safety Executive to MHCLG, arguing it undermines independent regulation and threatens staff terms and conditions.
Why we need a fair and humane asylum system
A PCS and Together with Refugees report shows that a fair and humane asylum system could boost the UK economy by over £260,000 per refugee, including a £53,000 net benefit to public finances.
PCS and Care4Calais are calling for a humanitarian alternative to dangerous Channel crossings through a new report proposing a Ukrainian-style refugee visa system to save lives and dismantle smuggling gangs.
PCS is warning that the British Council’s planned £250 million budget cuts could slash jobs, close operations in up to 40 countries, and undermine vital cultural and educational work worldwide.
PCS is demanding urgent action to protect migrant workers in DWP after new visa salary thresholds leave hundreds of low-paid staff facing job loss and upheaval.
Protect jobs and services in MHCLG
PCS is opposing MHCLG’s plan to close six regional offices and enforce a 60% attendance mandate, warning it will harm local jobs, communities, and the department’s ability to deliver vital services like tackling homelessness and ensuring safe housing.
The Department for Education is moving ahead with plans to close six sites leading to job cuts without any meaningful discussion with trade unions. PCS is calling for accountability and strategic thinking with future workforce plans to avoid potential redundancies.
PCS members in the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) are continuing their formal dispute after management-imposed a below‑inflation 2% pay award for 2025–26. Write to your MP to demand fair pay.
In 2025, HMRC began piloting the use of private Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to carry out customer contact work on the Online Helpdesk and PAYE lines. Complete the e-action to raise your concerns.
Email your MP today and raise concerns over the government handing a vital payroll contract to Capita, whose failures are already harming civil servants and pensioners.
FCDO job cuts and restructuring
Email your MP about FCDO job cuts and restructuring that the International Development Committee says risks losing vital expertise and recommends be immediately paused to understand the impact. Ask your MP to sign the early day motion and raise our concerns with the Foreign Secretary.
Email HMRC’s Chief Executive drawing attention to PCS’s Better HMRC report and setting out the changes required across six key pillars to improve the organisation for staff throughout the department.
The Good Jobs Bill would bring basic worker protections and strengthen trade union rights in Northern Ireland, but it’s being delayed and could fall before MLAs debate it.
Please take two minutes to sign the e-action.
For NI members and supporters only
OCS security officers at the National Crime Agency are at risk of redundancy. Please complete this e-action to show your support and stand in solidarity with these highly skilled security officers.
Civil Service Pension Scheme crisis
Call on MPs to act over Capita’s pension failures by bringing services in-house, compensating affected members, and stopping further contracts. Join the rally and lobby on 7 July.