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Until March then....a word from our Branch Secretary.
Hello and
welcome to the HMRC South East Essex PCS website. For those of you who have stumbled
across this site
accidentally it may be helpful if I give you a brief outline of what the
PCS does, how it is organised and how we in South East Essex fit into that
structure.
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union represents staff working
for the Civil Service and its agencies. It is the sixth largest Union
within the TUC and is growing stronger all the time.
PCS National looks after internal organisation, provides various
services to Members such as legal assistance and training and provides a
structure to look after the various Groups within it. It is the
overarching body of the Union which is responsible for putting into
practice the desires of the Members.
At Group level, for example HMRC and Excise, the Union is responsible
for negotiating issues that affect everyone within that Group i.e. pay,
terms and conditions of service and
wide scale personnel issues. They also provide support and assistance to
Branches.
Wherever you work within the Civil Service you will have a Branch that
looks after your area. It might be a National Branch or it might be a
Branch within a specific area, in this case South East Essex HMRC
At Branch level we are responsible for things such as representing
individuals in grievance or disciplinary cases, dealing with queries
from Members about work issues that affect them, making sure the members
in our area have regular communications from both Group and National
levels, looking after the Health and Safety of Members at work and
negotiating with local managers to represent Members interests and
protect their rights at work.
Hopefully this site will be used not only to provide information to
Members in PCS South East Essex but will be used as an interactive
communication tool. By using this site you will be able to keep yourself up to
date with Union news and information as well as communicate with the
Officers and each other via the forum.
Your feedback on the site is welcomed and your
comments can either be posted to the forum or sent to the Union Office
directly.
Lastly please use this site wisely whilst you enjoy it and remember that
any organisation, particularly a Union, is only as strong as the Members
it has. Join up now and if you are already a Member think about getting
more involved.
Fiona Staff
PCS Branch Secretary
South East Essex Branch