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Before the rally in Cheltenham on 27 January to mark the 40th anniversary of the ban on unions at GCHQ, Paul reflects on the need to keep up the fight to defend trade union rights.
"James", a GCHQ employee, reflects on the years-long ban on union membership in the agency that "became a symbol of a larger struggle for workers' rights and freedoms in a rapidly changing world"
Renowned journalist Richard Norton-Taylor says next Saturday’s PCS-TUC national march in Cheltenham is a timely event given the present government’s attempts to weaken trade unions
The persistent assault on the pay and working conditions of civil service staff since 2010 under the banner of austerity has triggered a series of staffing issues, says leading academic Dr Steve French who conducted research into the DWP’s staffing crisis on behalf of PCS
Fran writes about why trade unionists from across the UK should march together on 27 January in Cheltenham on the anniversary of the trade union ban at GCHQ.