Melanie was devastated at repeatedly having to walk away from promotions within DWP because managers couldn’t offer her the work pattern she needed for health reasons. As part of our feature focusing on membership, she tells us how her PCS rep helped her.

If you work in UK government or the governments of the devolved nations, you can join PCS. We represent workers in all major government departments and also represent workers employed by Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), and also those working for government contractors in jobs such as IT, finance, maintenance, security, cleaning and catering.

You can also search the full list of employers where PCS has members.

PCS members have been forced to overpay into their civil service pensions over the past few years and have ‘lost’ thousands of pounds.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of workers suffer from stress-related illnesses linked to their work and the Covid pandemic has increased the strain for many. We look at why stress is a trade union issue and how PCS can help

PCS has long asserted that climate change is a trade union issue and that workers need to be at the forefront of solutions required to transition to a fully de-carbonised economy. This is because no matter the work you do, workplaces are a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and accelerating climate change.