Join next Super Saturday to help win DWP ballot

If you are a DWP member, you should’ve already received your ballot. You must complete the ballot form and return it by post by 23 February. 

Once you have posted your ballot, please let us know you’ve voted. If you do not receive a ballot paper in the post, you can order a replacement through PCS Digital from noon on 24 January. You have until 10am on 6 February to request a replacement.

The first Super Saturday event took place on Saturday 24 January from 10:30 to 2:00pm at PCS offices in Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Bristol, where PCS officers were on hand to provide any support or training required. 

Over 6,000 calls were made to members who were yet to receive a ballot or vote by PCS reps and members from regional PCS offices. DWP members can expect a call from 03001316850.

You can now register to make calls to DWP members at the second Super Saturday to smash the 50% turnout threshold and get the strike ballot over the line. 

Although these Super Saturday events are a key part of our phone outreach, PCS activists can contact members throughout the ballot period to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate or request a replacement ballot paper if needed. 

'Happy to give up my time to support DWP members'

At this weekend's event, refreshments and a light lunch will be provided for those who attend. PCS will also reimburse reasonable travel costs for those who travel to their regional office.

A former organiser in DWP but now a worker in the Scottish Social Security, Angie Patullo tells PCS that she will be calling members because “this ballot is critical for DWP staff”.

“An attack on one is an attack on us all,” she says, encouraging members and non-members alike to lend their support when and where they can.

Although he retired from the department in October 2024 after four decades of service, Charlie Liddle is also volunteering to contact members: “I am very happy to give up some of my time to support PCS in achieving a positive result in the DWP ballot.”

While there is "no substitute for face-to-face contact in the workplace,” Charlie explains, phone-banking is a “great tool for speaking to members about the ballot and the importance of voting”.

In his experience, “contacting members out of the office and in their own time allows for a more open and relaxed conversation". Most members are “glad to hear from us and welcome the prompt to complete and return their ballot paper if they have not already voted”.

Charlie also urges reps and members across PCS to “put their weight behind this ballot by reaching out to DWP branches and reps in their area to offer assistance with tasks such as workplace leafleting".