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Welcome to the website for PCS Merseyside Associate & Retired Members (ARMs). Get your latest news here and information about events that you can get involved with.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. They provide immediate medical aid to those in great need. MAP is needed now more than ever. PCS ARMs is committed to supporting MAP. Click here to find out more and to make a donation.
Pension Crisis
NEW Latest from PCS (1 April). Click here to read the article.
Check out all the previous updates regarding the Civil Service pensions crisis in our 2026 archive here.
Is It Too Early?
There are differences in the rules for local travel passes in Merseyside and Greater Manchester. Click here to find out about them and tell us what you think.
Off-Peak Rail Fares
A pilot scheme on the East Coast mainline could lead to increases in off-peak fares in future. Click here to read what it is all about.
Events
There are lots of things that Merseyside ARMs members can get involved in from supporting PCS picket lines to attending local and regional ARMs meetings to taking part in online e-actions and more. Scroll down for upcoming events and e-actions.
30 April
Bank of England
The third interest rate decision of the year is due today.
1 May
PCS Merseyside ARMs meeting
11:00 - 13:00, PCS Office, Robert Tressell Room, 3rd Floor, UNITE Building, Jack Jones House, Islington, Liverpool L3 8EF. All Merseyside ARMs members are entitled to attend in person or via MS Teams.
If you don’t usually attend in person but plan to for this one click here to advise the secretary so your name can be added to the list of attendees.
4 May
Merseyside/Halton/Knowsley/Liverpool May Day March
Assemble 11:30 for noon off at the Victoria monument.
6 May
Trans History Week Event
12 noon - 1pm. Join Aitch Sheridan and Eilonwy Awen for a lunchtime session exploring trans+ activism throughout history. Click here to register for the event.
7 May
Local Elections
There will be local elections held across Merseyside and beyond today. Make sure you are registered to vote and have the right form of id required under the Tory elections legislation which remains in place under the current government.
3 June
ARMs National Forum
The Liner Hotel, Liverpool, 09:30 - 15:30. Details to follow.
12 June
PCS Merseyside ARMs meeting
11:00 - 13:00, PCS Office, Robert Tressell Room, 3rd Floor, UNITE Building, Jack Jones House, Islington, Liverpool L3 8EF. All Merseyside ARMs members are entitled to attend in person or via MS Teams.
If you don’t usually attend in person but plan to for this one click here to advise the secretary so your name can be added to the list of attendees.
e-Actions
Scroll down for e-actions that Merseyside ARMs members (and most other people too) can get involved with online.
e-Action: Civil Service Pensions Crisis
Ask your MP for urgent action on Capita Civil Service Pension Administration. Click here for more information on how you can help.
e-Action: Support WASPI Women
The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) is urging help for WASPI campaigners to send a million letters to MPs asking them to support the 50s-born women’s claim for compensation. Click here for more information on how you can help.
Who We Are
This is the website for PCS Merseyside Associate & Retired Members (ARMs).
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is organised throughout the civil service and government agencies, making it the UK’s biggest and most influential civil service trade union. PCS also organises 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 Associate & Retired members (ARMs) section has over 12,000 members. Merseyside ARMs is a sub group of PCS North West ARMs with hundreds of members across Merseyside.
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