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‘Industrial action works’
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Fran Heathcote, President of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union (centre), with supporters who are backing a legal challenge over the government's handling of pension rules, outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, January 31, 2023
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AFTER the biggest wave of public-sector strikes in decades, Fran Heathcote, president of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), says 12 months of mobilisations have drawn more women workers into action in the trade union movement and sown the seeds for future struggles.
Heathcote, who is standing as Left Unity candidate to become PCS general secretary when Mark Serwotka retires from the post after a 23-year stint, has seen a new generation of activists emerge.
As with many of Britain’s biggest unions, PCS has a mainly female membership — approximately two-thirds women.
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