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Industrial action works, and inspires others to stand up and say ‘enough is enough’, said the chair of the PCS parliamentary group as he delivered the group’s annual report to conference the day after delegates agreed to ballot over pay and pensions.

Stronger health and safety laws, more legal powers for reps and the right to digitally disconnect from work are needed to protect workers being forced back into the office after Covid. 

As Long Covid is likely to become a major issue in the future, PCS has agreed to pursue urgent talks with the Cabinet Office and the devolved administrations, to put in place protocols so people affected are treated fairly.

PCS will immediately begin working towards holding a national statutory ballot on industrial action this autumn over members’ pay, pensions and redundancy terms in the UK civil service and related public sector areas.  

PCS is well placed to fight back against the many issues facing members – from the cost-of-living crisis, to attacks on members’ pay, pensions and conditions, to the UK’s “nasty right-wing” government – said national president Fran Heathcote