PCS votes yes for more action, but Exec says "not yet"
The "consultative ballot" called by the civil service union PCS about more action on pay and jobs has returned a 68% yes vote. The union Executive Committee met on 1 November but decided to call no further action for now. PCS already has a legal ballot mandate for strike action, but the supposedly left-wing PCS leadership has limited itself to two one-day strikes, 31 January and 1 May, and busied itself with "consulting" while the prison officers' action, the CWU dispute, and the Unison local government ballot came and went. The Exec's reason for calling no further action even now is: After...