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Ballot papers for the National Executive Committee (NEC) elections in the civil service union PCS will start to be sent to members on 18 April. It is a critical election at a critical time for PCS members. PCS is currently undertaking ballots (closing 13 May) across 171 civil service “bargaining units” over pay, pensions and jobs. Civil service real wages are in unprecedented decline. Yet the Left Unity (LU) leadership of PCS is not showing the will, drive and organisation to win the ballots.
There is a growing sentiment in favour of a genuine left-wing alternative. But the aim of the various electoral fronts and initiatives is to limit workers to one of two dead end alternatives: pressuring the Labour Party to the left, above all to back a ceasefire in Gaza, or at some point forming a new “left” party modelled on Labour and hopefully led by its former leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Student leaders say NSUI performance across Hindi heartland universities tied to Cong fortunes. As the parent body faltered nationally over the past decade, so did NSUI's success rate