PCS announces plans for TUC Young Workers Month

PCS will build on the work undertaken during their successful Young Workers Week.  The union will also integrate Young Workers Month activity into a national campaign to sign up all members to Direct Debit due to threats from Cabinet Office to end check-off.

Key planned PCS events during TUC Young Workers Month include;

• A national week of organising and recruitment during which each region of the union will be asked to organise in at least two workplaces
• A national consultation tied in with the regional training events to review and update the PCS Young Members Charter which set outs the priorities of the Young Members Network
• A series of blogs & articles to be publicised across the union via the national website and the PCS Young members blog
• Activity with the union’s equalities networks
• Encouraging young members to attend as elected delegates or alternatively as paid observers and trainee delegates to the union’s National and Group conferences. This includes a Young Members motion for young members to take to their branch AGMs
• PCS Young Members Regional Training in regions across the UK, all of which will be lead by Young Members convenors
• Scottish PCS Young Members event will focus on the independence referendum.  This will be organised jointly with Unite.
• Trial of a political education event focused on trade union history, trade unions and politics, and political representation which is being co-hosted by the RMT Young Members.

The contact at PCS for all Young Workers Month activities is Gayle Mathews – gayle@pcs.org.uk

PCS Young members website - http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/about_pcs/young_members/