PCS in the media round-up: June 2024

In a relatively quiet month, some of the other key stories for PCS were prison service overcrowding, the PCS Charter, our response to the Rwanda legal action and an outbreak of bed bugs in an Ipswich HMRC office.

Elsewhere, PCS received coverage by signing a just transition open letter, by deciding to take our pensions case to the Supreme Court, and by winning union recognition at the Cabinet Office and DSIT.

Comparative advertising spend was £929,000 (how much money we would have to spend on advertising to receive the same level of editorial coverage). 

Some prominent stories from June included:

Mirror: G4S security staff at Jobcentres to go on strike due to ‘chronic low pay’

Civil Service World: A ‘properly staffed’ civil service and a fair pay rise: Union outlines demands for next government  

Civil Service World: PCS issues legal action warning to MoD over Rwanda scheme

Liverpool Echo: Museum strikes over as union workers vote to accept pay deal

BBC: Museums strike ends after workers accept pay deal

CareAppointments: Prison staff at ‘breaking point’ amid urgent need to ease overcrowding

Nation Cymru: JobCentre security guards to begin weeklong strike on Monday

Ipswich Star: Ipswich tax office bed bug war branded “shocking” by union

Independent: Next government urged to fund ‘just transition’ for oil and gas workers

Civil Service World: Union flags new recognition deal for Cabinet Office and DSIT security officers