360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends Time Series

Advanced Search Options >>

Public and Commercial Services Union

Image source: Freebase

Type: Organization

Name: Public and Commercial Services Union

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Scottish Parliament

Community called to help save court

Polititians, legal professionals and members of the public gathered in Stonehaven this week to try to save the Sheriff Court.A public meeting was held to discuss the issue of the potential court closure and around 80 members of the public attended to ... [Published Mearns Leader - May 16 2013]

Entities: Public and Commercial Services Union, Scottish Court Service, Scottish Parliament

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Tax inquiry centre to close next month

A DATE has been set for the closure of Morpeth Tax Office as part of a pilot scheme to save costs.The inquiry centre in Manchester Street will shut from June 3 to September and it may not re-open as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is looking to provide ... [Published Morpeth Herald - May 16 2013]

Entities: HM Revenue & Customs, Taxes, Public and Commercial Services Union, Advisers, Contact Center

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Defra staff in Cumbria strike over pay

Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union joined the picket line outside the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) in Workington today to protest over pay and conditionsThe site on Derwent Howe employs around 450 civil servants from all over West Cumbrian, ... [Published News and Star - May 15 2013]

Entities: UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural A..., Rural Payments Agency, Marine Management, Public and Commercial Services Union

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 3 reports

Public and Commercial Services Union

HMRC and DWP North East nursery axe could force parents to give up work

PARENTS could be forced to give up work if three North East nurseries are closed, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) claims.The organisation, which represents many Revenue and Customs, and Department of Work and Pensions staff in Newcastle ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 14 2013]

Entities: Public and Commercial Services Union, Gary Clark

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Important note regarding industrial action on Wednesday 15 May

You may have seen in the national news that the Public and Commercial Services Union are planning industrial action on Wednesday 15 May across the Civil Service. This will directly affect RPA. While we have plans to try and limit the impact on farmers, ... [Published Rural Payments Agency - May 13 2013]

Entities: Industrial Action, Cattle, Public and Commercial Services Union

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 3 reports

Staff will fight to keep Isle of Wight Tax Office on the Island

There is a threat to close the last tax office on the Isle of Wight. Staff will be in St Thomas’ Square on Wednesday lunchtime drumming up support.This update from the Public and Commercial Services Union on the fight to save the Isle of Wight Tax Office. ... [Published On The Wight - May 13 2013]

Entities: Isle of Wight, HM Revenue & Customs, Public and Commercial Services Union, Taxes

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Cuts protest hits Oxford

High Street and Broad Street play host to cuts protestersOn Saturday, a protest took place on Broad Street, marking International Worker’s Day. Various groups, including the local Trades Union Council, the National Union of Journalists and the Oxford ... [Published Cherwell Newspaper - May 10 2013]

Entities: protest, Henry Tonks, NHS, Public and Commercial Services Union

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Nationwide industrial action on Thursday 9 May

Due to nationwide industrial action by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) on Thursday 9 May from 11:00 to 12:00, The National Archives will be offering a reduced service to the public during this time.Visitors may experience delays when registering ... [Published National Archives UK - May 07 2013]

Entities: Industrial Action, Public and Commercial Services Union, The National Archives

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Leading doctors protest at 'cruel' disability tribunals

FRONTLINE doctors in Scotland have hit out at the "Kafkaesque" system of fitness-to-work benefits assessments which they say is placing their most vulnerable patients at risk of suicide.A campaign has been set up, backed by more than 40 leading medics ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 05 2013]

Entities: Patient, Disability, British Medical Association, Scotland

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Universal Credit system launched

UNIVERSAL CREDIT SYSTEM LAUNCHED ABOVE: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith This will revolutionise the way people experience the welfare state. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith30th April 2013 By Richard Spillet A MASSIVE ... [Published Daily Star - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Iain Duncan Smith, Social Welfare, Public and Commercial Services Union, Liam Byrne

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Hundreds attend anti-austerity rally

A demonstration has been held in Middlesbrough against the coalition government's austerity measures.Organisers Unison estimated about 300 had taken part in the march to Centre Square.They claimed public sector cuts "were not working" and criticised levels ... [Published BBC - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Simon Elliot, Martin Callanan, Public and Commercial Services Union, Child Poverty, Unemployment

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Margaret Thatcher a Good Amp Faithful Servant

It is appropriate that on the day of the passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher the Public and Commercial Services Union was calling for the first U.K. “generalized” strike since 1926 in order to send a message to the Tory Conservative government that ... [Published Business Law Daily - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Margaret Thatcher, Public and Commercial Services Union, Workers

Quotes

A spokeswoman for the tax authority said: "Following a consultation period and the outcome of the pilot, a decision will be made as to the future of the offices and how a new face-to-face service could be implemented."

Tax inquiry centre to close next month [Published Morpeth Herald - May 16 2013]

A PCS spokesman said: "Enquiry centres deal with the most vulnerable in the UK as well as pensioners and tax credit claimants. Even HMRC figures show that two and a half million people are using this service."

Union fights to save tax office [Published Isle of Wight County Press - May 13 2013]

...Henry Tonks, the secretary of OUCA dismissed the content of the protests, claiming that "economic recovery has not proceeded as swiftly as we would have wished. But we were becalmed by neoliberal economics, of the sort once embraced so amorously by the Labour Party, and the Coalition Government has correctly seen that old-fashioned thrift will get the ship of state sailing again. I might add old-fashioned thrift in partnership with much higher taxation on large businesses and on the rich - a soupcon of noblesse oblige."

Cuts protest hits Oxford [Published Cherwell Newspaper - May 10 2013]

...Sadly 2013 in Ashton-under-Lyne is only to be the beginning of a " perpetual process of rolling out and checking '. Storm the barricades! Of course there is nothing wrong with this. As Matthew Oakley writes elsewhere for Huffington Post incremental change is perhaps more suited to this kind of thing. By doing things slowly and dealing with the inevitable difficulties that arise during implementation the problems can be addressed. There have already been the inevitable teething troubles albeit reported a little too gleefully."

Dave Clements: Universal Credit Where Credit Is Due? [Published Huffington Post UK - May 06 2013]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Community called to help save court [Published Mearns Leader - May 16 2013]
Tax inquiry centre to close next month [Published Morpeth Herald - May 16 2013]
Tax inquiry centre to close next month [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 16 2013]
Defra staff in Cumbria strike over pay [Published News and Star - May 15 2013]
HMRC and DWP North East nursery axe could force... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 14 2013]
Sunderland civil servants set to lose childcare... [Published Sunderland Echo - May 14 2013]
Sunderland civil servants set to lose childcare... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 14 2013]
Important note regarding industrial action on W... [Published Rural Payments Agency - May 13 2013]
Staff will fight to keep Isle of Wight Tax Offi... [Published On The Wight - May 13 2013]
Union fights to save tax office [Published Isle of Wight County Press - May 13 2013]
Union fights to keep Island's last tax office open [Published Isle of Wight Radio - May 13 2013]
Cuts protest hits Oxford [Published Cherwell Newspaper - May 10 2013]
Nationwide industrial action on Thursday 9 May [Published National Archives UK - May 07 2013]
Dave Clements: Universal Credit Where Credit Is... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 06 2013]
Leading doctors protest at 'cruel' disability t... [Published Herald Scotland - May 05 2013]
The great Civil Service sell-off: Dozens of ser... [Published The Independent - May 01 2013]
Universal Credit system launched [Published Daily Star - Apr 30 2013]
Union blasts Tory chief for 'ducking out of' vi... [Published Birmingham Post - Apr 29 2013]
Hundreds attend anti-austerity rally [Published BBC - Apr 27 2013]
Renewed HP Pay Strike Back Could Hit Universal ... [Published TechWeekEurope UK - Apr 22 2013]
Sunderland Jobcentre staff suffer attacks from ... [Published Sunderland Echo - Apr 20 2013]
Margaret Thatcher a Good Amp Faithful Servant [Published Business Law Daily - Apr 19 2013]
UK immigration staff to strike [Published Workpermit.com - Apr 16 2013]
HP Avoids Strike Action Over Pay [Published TechWeekEurope UK - Apr 15 2013]
Richard Branson says government staff lack drive [Published The Scotsman - Apr 10 2013]
Thousands Strike Over Job Cuts [Published 4NI - Apr 08 2013]
Dundee public sector staff take strike action [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - Apr 05 2013]
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 5 Apr... [Published The First Post: Latest - Apr 05 2013]
Britain's biggest unions put weight behind plan... [Published The Independent - Apr 03 2013]
Government gagging clauses are detrimental to p... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 28 2013]