PCS V&A Branch

We are blindly backsliding into the era when working in culture was basically a hobby for posh people. Working class people have never been properly represented in the arts but it's getting worse, not better. We need to get serious about funding for the arts now.

I lost the Labour whip because I voted to scrap the 2 child benefit cap. Today I have had the whip restored. I hope this is a signal the government has decided to scrap the cap. In the meantime I have just been to a fantastic Richard Hawley concert. A great night.

Congratulations to our PCS V&A Wilson James comrades who have won their largest ever pay rise, up to 10% for some staff, in this year's pay bargaining after gaining recognition last year 🍾🎉

@Keir_Starmer Man completely unfamiliar with 20th century history learns what happens when you appease and enable a fascist state that is conducting a genocide 👀👀

The reports of these strikes are concerning and we urge all parties to step back and reduce tensions urgently. Escalation serves no one in the region. Stability in the Middle East must be the priority and we are engaging partners to de-escalate. Now is the time for restraint, calm and a return to diplomacy.

If you are one of the people going into an exhibition at a museum, seeing the large print guides and thinking "this is not an accessibility aid to allow visitors with visual impairments to enjoy the show, this is a fun memento for me to take home" please, please stop doing this

For the avoidance of any doubt I have made it explicitly clear I will vote against the government’s plans to cut benefits for disabled people. Just as I’ve done for years I will campaign with ⁦@Dis_PPL_Protest⁩ to prevent attacks on disabled people. labourlist.org/2025/03/spring…

"Our campaign is bigger than the bill; it is about culture change, it is about ensuring that this government fulfils its promises, that outsourcing becomes a thing of the past, and that insourcing becomes a clear policy focus. We remain committed and united as a movement in the fight to return our Facility Management members to the public sector and ensure we have strong public services for all." - Lori Holmes, PCS, speaking at the Employments Rights Bill Rally in London today. #WorkersRights #EmploymentRightsBill #NewDeal #PCS

@NervousUnion No you're an old old grandfather

@VandPcs Excuse me, I’m the consigliere. Love you comrades! And love the NHS!

Wishing Nick 'the grandfather of the V&A PCS branch' a speedy recovery from their silly leaky spine and very thankful to our amazing NHS for fixing them without also needing to bankrupt their entire family...

We condemn the University of Cambridge's attempt to place legal restrictions on all pro-Palestine protests. Alongside @PSCupdates and @LibertyHQ we call out this application to the High Court for an injunction what it is: a shameful attack on basic democratic rights.

@MuseumCritical Must try harder

@VandPcs I managed to get some people in a coffee shop signed up when grabbing some lunch before. Not quite as extreme as a suppository!

What can we say, people from this branch go on to do great things for the TU movement

🚨Now: hundreds of thousands marching for Palestine in London 🇵🇸

RIP Tommy. Thank you for your loyalty to our Union and its predecessors. You were CWU and proud. And we are proud that you were a lifelong member ❤️

@floschechter @MuseumoftheHome Congratulations on the new role! Be sure to join the Prospect branch there! @MOTHunion

i'm obsessed with the fact that on my first day of work at @MuseumoftheHome i struggled to find the sugar for my tea in the staff kitchen but i instantly found the lao gan ma

🎥 Save The Prince Charles Cinema! This iconic London cinema is at risk of closing due to unfair rent demands. Sign the petition to protect its future #SaveThePCC you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save… via @38degrees

@kushielx3_sarah @Councillorsuzie I walk past huge gangs of white football fans, drunk, screaming and aggressive, every single week.

@Councillorsuzie One would conclude that intimidation is part of the problem…can you imagine the uproar if a similar sized gang of all white football fans were acting in a similar manner.

I’m sorry but many would find this very intimidating. What people do in private is one thing but Westminster Bridge is not appropriate in my view

Imagine, working people having a say in how the economy works. Crazy. This sort of bullshit is why people hate economists

@Econgrad5143 @meadwaj Oh yeah I remember that famous time all the taxi drivers caused a global recession with their bad economic policy, dreadful.

@meadwaj From an Oxford professor: Perhaps the most important ‘theory’ of economic growth is to learn from rather than repeat past mistakes. (Given your day job, if you neither recognise this nor follow Simon then you are seriously remiss).

So to summarise, a bunch of Oxford and Cambridge graduates who live in London are very very keen on seeing lots of investment taking place in Oxford Cambridge and London. But don’t worry, this time it’s going to be very different to all the other times this has happened.

@Econgrad5143 @meadwaj Yes? We should? We should ask everyone?! That's literally what voting is you absolute doughnut

@meadwaj What do you suggest? Asking taxi drivers?

@Cheetah13mo @Amer1can_Barbie @Scaramucci Darling you've been forcing yourselves on us for a century, and trust me, we don't want it

@Amer1can_Barbie @Scaramucci We've let the rest of the world take from us, and we bend over backwards for them. Things have gotten so bad here, we have to take care of ourselves now,,,for a while. We have no choice. And I don't feel bad about it.

We are about to break something ( our relationship with the rest of the world) that took 80 years to cultivate.