State of Struggle

Long time vice president of the PCS John McInally traces the history of the civil service trade union movement from its origins and in a final chapter analyses the present political situation and the potential for socialist advance. The book includes fascinating detail of the sharp battles between the rising Broad Left and the State-backed Moderates, the struggle to build a fighting democratic union, the pensions battle, the conflicts with both Labour and Tory governments and the role of PCS as a beacon of resistance to austerity, cuts, discrimination and imperialist war.