The Latest Breaking News from PCS

Six arrested after anti-migrant protest at Gosport marina

Heeding calls from far-right activist Daniel Thomas, hundreds of protesters turned out in Hampshire

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

National Gallery security staff segregated like ‘second-class citizens’, curator claims

Exclusive: Outsourced guards, largely from minority ethnic backgrounds, barred from staff hub for mainly white employees

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2

V&A museum staff to vote on strike action over heatwave conditions and pay

Workers are forbidden from drinking and carrying water, even during the heatwave

Evening Standard · Jul 27

Department for Education workers could strike over job losses just days after bizarre Gemma Collins video

Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action

The Independent UK · May 22

Strike suspended as union considers pay offer for police civilian staff

The PCS will hold consultative meetings with its 6,800 members.

Evening Standard · Jan 14

Scandals, grossly underpaid staff and a devastating cyber attack. Inside the nightmare at the British library

Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025

Tate staff hold week-long strike over pay amid reports of workers using food banks

Union says ‘insulting’ below-inflation pay rises have left some employees struggling to afford rent and food

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Tate staff vote to strike over pay after union members reject ‘inadequate’ offer

Exclusive: Over 150 workers to strike from 26 November to 2 December, raising possibility of disruption to major shows

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

‘People have had to move house’: Inside the British Library, two years on from devastating cyber attack

Staff tell Athena Stavrou they’ve faced abuse because of ongoing issues at the library, where dozens of services remain unavailable

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025

Stephen King’s son among writers boycotting British Library event in solidarity with striking workers

King’s son, Joe Hill, joins V Castro and Keith Rosson in withdrawing from the Tales of the Weird festival this weekend in support of industrial action

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025