Home Affairs
The website of PCS Home Office Merseyside Branch
Our national ballot for strike action over pay has opened and closes on 13 May.
Voting is by post only, so look out for your ballot paper, make sure you vote and post it back as soon as possible.
Let us know if you need a replacement ballot <pcsnrtb@homeoffice.gov.uk>
PCS National Executive Committee(NEC) Elections start on 18th April and closes on 9th May
Your ballot paper are arriving in the post to home addresses. These are the people who were nominated at the our recent branch AGM:
President: Martin Cavanagh (Merseyside)
Vice Presidents: Hannah David, Jackie Green, Lorna Merry, Ian Pope
Members: Karen Alderson (Home Office), Mark Baker, Paula Brown (Merseyside), Saul Cahill, Bridget Corcoran, James Cox (Home Office), Chris Dando, Cathy Darcan, Sean Dwyer, Felicity Flynn, Ginnette Gantschuk, Cheral Govind, Angela Grant (Merseyside), Austin Harney, John Hegney, Ros Hewitt, Pete Jackson, John Jamieson, Ian Lawther, Marie Mcdonough, Liz McGachey, Jas McGuinness, James Marshall, Samantha Martin, Sarah Morton (Merseyside), Cara Nurse, Marianne Owens, Mohammed Shafiq, Steve Thorley, Zac Vallely (Home Office)
Merseyside Branch Executive Committee is asking you to support these candidates.
Transferring to or from another government department?
If you move to another government department, eg. HMRC or DWP your PCS membership will transfer seamlessly. All you need to do is email us here and let us know where you are moving to and when and let us have your PCS membership number (or if you don't know it, your national insurance number). We will contact PCS HQ and arrange for you to be transferred to the appropriate PCS union branch.
If you have transferred to us from another government department email us here to let us know when you moved and which department you came from. We'll do the rest.
Who we are
Home Affairs is the website for PCS Home Office Merseyside Branch members. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is organised throughout the civil service and government agencies, making us the UK’s biggest and most influential civil service trade union. We also organise widely in the private sector, usually in companies that hold government contracts.
PCS are a democratic organisation, run by our members, for our members. We campaign for fair pay and conditions, decent pensions for all and equality in the workplace and beyond.
PCS Home Office Merseyside Branch is one of the biggest, and most active branches in the union with more than 3,000 members based at The Capital Building, 101 Old Hall Street, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Seaforth Docks, Redgrave Court and HMP Risley.
What we stand for
Our members are the union, and membership means being able to stand up collectively and be counted.
We aim to be a voice in every workplace, building a healthy and representative union to campaign on the issues our members decide are important, and to negotiate with employers from a position of strength. Every member has a part to play and every member is encouraged to be actively involved in our union, at whatever level.
As well as working to improve the pay and working lives of our members, we also fight for justice and equality both in the UK and internationally. We actively oppose all forms of prejudice, harassment and oppression on any grounds, and work closely with other trade unions, campaign groups and non-governmental organisations to make positive changes to the world we live in.
If we are to maintain our strong, representative voice, and reap the benefits of our collective strength, we need everyone who can be a member to join us. If you are a member but some of your colleagues are not, please ask them to join.
Together we are stronger. Together we can make a difference. Join us now.