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	Mark Serwotka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mark Serwotka (born 1963) is the General Secretary of the British trade union for civil servants, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).
		When told that this was not permitted by the rules of the union, he took his full wage, but donated everything above an average member's wage to the union strike fund.
		Mark Serwotka was a member of Socialist Organiser in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and later a Socialist Alliance supporter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Serwotka (207 words)

	Uniting To Fight New Labour's Cuts \| The Socialist 25 September 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mark, you must be pleased with the reception you've had in support of the campaign to save civil service jobs.
		Mark Serwotka: We are delighted with the unanimous passing of the composite [resolution] and the fact that we had 200 delegates packed into a fringe meeting with 12 general secretaries.
		Mark Serwotka: We have got six reassurances that we have demanded and 'no compulsory redundancies' is one but it has to be seen in the context of the others.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2004/363/pp5.htm (988 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society \| Face-off
		Serwotka's members responded last week by voting overwhelmingly for their first national strike in 11 years - 265,000 of 312,000 were balloted (the rest exempt as they are employed in the private sector).
		Serwotka says he is angry at the false dichotomy between back office and frontline public sector delivery, which sees teachers and nurses lauded while "faceless bureaucrats" are considered wasteful and inefficient.
		Serwotka is skilled at using the media and politicians.
	society.guardian.co.uk /industrialaction/story/0,12672,1336355,00.html (1239 words)

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		MARK SERWOTKA, a Left Unity member standing on an independent socialist ticket, has been elected general secretary of civil service union PCS.
		Mark Serwotka's victory was celebrated by rank-and-file members who will see it as an opportunity to repair this damage to pay and working conditions.
		Mark Serwotka will need to confront Reamsbottom and the PCS bureaucracy to establish his position.
	www.bostockb.freeserve.co.uk /workshop/pcs/socialist.htm (620 words)

	PCS: Blairite union baron threatens unions democracy! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The attempt by former General Secretary of the PCS Barry Reamsbottom and his Moderate grouping to prevent Mark Serwotka, his socialist successor, from taking office is a serious attack on the democratic rights of all trade unionists.
		In October 2000 Mark Serwotka was elected PCS General Secretary with 42,000 votes in a postal ballot.
		Mark Serwotka is viewed by the press as one of a ‘dangerous’ breed of new union leaders, perceived as willing to take on the government and represent their members’ interests.
	www.labournet.org.uk /so/56pcs.htm (858 words)

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		There, the judge ruled that Mark Serwotka's election by the membership as general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) was valid and that the extreme right winger who had been general secretary, Barry Reamsbottom, had been wrong to attempt to overturn that election result.
		This is something Mark Serwotka acknowledged when he said after the court hearing: "I now expect all officials to accept and respect the members' decision to elect me PCS general secretary and to work with me to implement conference policy.
		That was a date agreed by Reamsbottom, Mark Serwotka and the previous NEC where Reamsbottom would quit as joint general secretary and receive an over-generous compensation package under what is known as the "Compromise Agreement".
	www.lsp-mas.be /lsp/2002/pcs.html (822 words)

	Guardian \| Beating the block vote
		In an election to succeed Mr Reamsbottom, Mark Serwotka, an almost unknown candidate and a rank-and-file civil servant in Sheffield, ran as a socialist and won a thumping and remarkable victory against the favoured candidate of the right, Hugh Lanning.
		Ever since, Mark Serwotka and the elected president of the union, Janice Godrich, also a socialist, have battled against the ferocious opposition of a rightwing majority on the union executive.
		Bound by law to carry out the elections, Mark Serwotka and Janice Godrich were obliged once again to go to the high court, where Mr Justice Pumfrey issued an order that the Electoral Reform Society should run new elections for the union executive.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4678029-103677,00.html (747 words)

	Weekly Worker 434 Thursday May 30 2002
		In a disgraceful attack on union democracy, the rightwing majority on the executive of the 283,000-strong Public and Commercial Services Union has declared that the overwhelming election of Mark Serwotka as general secretary was “invalid” and that an unelected bureaucrat will remain in the post until 2004.
		When comrade Serwotka - standing on a fighting programme that included the pledge to accept only the average member’s wage - was elected in 2000 by the members of Britain’s largest civil service union, it came as a bolt out of the blue.
		Comrade Serwotka certainly has the overwhelming backing of union activists, but his supporters must ensure that the clumsy, bureaucratic moves of the right are used to best effect in order to win over the majority of ordinary members.
	www.cpgb.org.uk /worker/434/serwotka.html (1449 words)

	Socialist Review
		In the trade union equivalent of a right wing coup, Barry Reamsbottom and his 'moderate' cronies on the PCS union national executive (NEC) are attempting to sack the democratically elected general secretary, Mark Serwotka, and prevent the president, Janice Godrich, from carrying out her duties.
		On the day of the NEC Reamsbottom circulated a document, purporting to be based on legal advice, which recommended in effect that Mark Serwotka should be sacked and Reamsbottom carry on as general secretary until April 2004.
		Mark Serwotka and Janice Godrich have sought a high court ruling to endorse the election of Mark and the removal of Reamsbottom.
	www.socialistreview.org.uk /article.php?articlenumber=8006 (994 words)

	Coup against union democracy\|1Jun02\|Socialist Worker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In December 2000 socialist candidate Mark Serwotka received 40,740 votes to win the election for PCS general secretary.
		Since Mark Serwotka was elected, Reamsbottom has hung on grimly for as long as possible.
		Mark Serwotka's case is important for every trade unionist.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php4?article_id=5502 (1186 words)

	FT.com / Capital Consulting
		Mark Serwotka, the leftwing head of the Public and Commercial Services Union, told its national conference: "We need to seriously consider the possibility of industrial action in our campaign against the increased pension age."
		Mr Serwotka has previously emphasised that "strikes are an essential part of a union's armoury".
		Mr Serwotka will be discussing strategy over the government's proposals at a meeting next week of public sector unions.
	news.ft.com /servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Synd/StoryFT/CPCFull&c=StoryFT&cid=1057562283759 (376 words)

	PCS Union Forum
		We do not in any way blame Mark Serwotka for any of the shenanigans surrounding the disgraceful, underhand campaign to oust Barry Reamsbottom, which began at HQ and on the NEC almost from the day PCS was formed in 1998.
		The old NEC let Mark Serwotka lead us into, and through, a dispute that cost £7Million, virtually all our Fighting Fund, leaving precious little else to support any other section of the union in dispute with the employer.
		Mark and his MF allies who were then in the majority threw this out and we were plunged into this totally pointless, ultimately failed dispute.
	www.network54.com /Forum/message?forumid=66199&messageid=1069441524 (3041 words)

	www.publicfinance.co.uk - Features - A very civil servant, by Mark Conrad
		It would be easy to dismiss Mark Serwotka as the outdated unionist firebrand that the anti-trade union lobby, Rightwing media and some MPs perceive him to be.
		But when Serwotka was elected PCS general secretary in 2000, he realised that his first battle would be with the union itself.
		A committed family man, Serwotka says most of his spare time is taken up ferrying his two children to and from their various sporting activities.
	www.cipfa.org.uk /publicfinance/features_details.cfm?News_id=24119 (1265 words)

	SA press release re Mark Serwotka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mark Serwotka was swept to victory by a huge majority in elections for general secretary of the PCS 18 months ago.
		Mark has long been an enthusiastic and vocal supporter of the Socialist Alliance and appeared as general secretary elect on many campaigning platforms.
		Please fax your support for Mark, mentioning your membership of the Socialist Alliance, to PCS union headquarters on 020 7924 1847, but do not email as the email is now controlled by the right wing clique.
	www.brickman.dircon.co.uk /serwot.html (356 words)

	This is battle to defend democracy \|8Jun02\|Socialist Worker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mark had been elected in a ballot of the union's members.
		The storm of protest shows the mood is there not just to defend Mark Serwotka but to defeat the right wing "Moderate" group as well.
		"He's saying Mark's election shouldn't stand because Reamsbottom doesn't agree with his politics." "How could Mark have said he supported the Socialist Alliance when it was only being launched at the time of the general secretary elections?" asks Martin John from Sheffield.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php4?article_id=5482 (1124 words)

	PCS South Essex IR - Defend PCS Democracy rally
		Mark began his address by referring the various rallies and meetings he had attended around the country.
		It is Mark’s view that Barry Reamsbottom did not expect him and Janice Godrich to pursue legal action, mainly on the basis that they would be unable to fund any action.
		As a point of principle, that ballot results could be overturned and ignored, Mark and Janice they had to make a challenge by all available means even though this might be at a great personal cost to them and their families.
	www.ipope.fsnet.co.uk /defpcsdem.htm (1273 words)

	Mark Serwotka -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mark Serwotka (born 1963) is the (Click link for more info and facts about General Secretary) General Secretary of (The people of Great Britain) British (An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer) trade union the (Click link for more info and facts about PCS) PCS.
		He is seen to be one of the trade union " (Click link for more info and facts about awkward squad) awkward squad".
		Mark Serwotka was a member of (Click link for more info and facts about Socialist Organiser) Socialist Organiser in the late (The decade from 1980 to 1989) 1980s and early (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s, and later a (Click link for more info and facts about Socialist Alliance) Socialist Alliance supporter.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Mark_Serwotka.htm (189 words)

	PCS: Socialist Caucus
		Today’s legal confirmation that Mark Serwotka is the General Secretary of PCS is a tremendous boost for PCS members and all those fighting to transform PCS into a membership lead union championing members’ interests.
		Mark Serwotka was elected General Secretary with over 40, 000 votes and is the only person ever to be elected to the position of General Secretary (GS) in PCS.
		Although the Law Court found in favour of Mark, the court that really counts - that of the members - had already given its verdict: Mark Serwotka is the members’ choice for General Secretary.
	www.labournet.net /ukunion/0208/pcs2.html (710 words)

	PCS - the AWL's activity
		Mark Serwotka has beaten Blairite bureaucrat Hugh Lanning by 40,740 votes to 33,942 for the top position of General Secretary in the 250,000-strong civil service union PCS.
		Mark stood on a platform which included: national rates of pay; an end to performance-related pay; members to reach their maximum pay rate within five years; more annual leave; cutting the working week to 35 hours; a national campaign against all forms of privatisation; more union democracy.
		Mark's vote shows that the support is there for such a campaign.
	archive.workersliberty.org /activity/fractions/pcs (665 words)

	Mark Serwotka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He is seen to be one of the trade union " awkward squad ".
		His election was marred by controversy when his predecessor the more New Labour leaning Barry Reamsbottom stayed inoffice after the expiry of his five year term of office.
		Mark Serwotka was a member of Socialist Organiser in thelate 1980s and early 1990s, and later a Socialist Alliance supporter.
	www.therfcc.org /mark-serwotka-221455.html (114 words)

	Beginning of the end for "social partnership" in PCS? - Left victory in main civil service union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The significance of Serwotka's victory can only be fully appreciated in the context of government policy and industrial relations in the civil service over more than two decades.
		This, coupled with the size of Serwotka's victory, suggests that the membership recognised the importance of this election, and the implications of the political differences between the candidates.
		Serwotka himself sums up these issues eloquently in his victory message: "Now is the time to fully unite the Left in PCS.
	www.labournet.org.uk /so/41pcs.html (1737 words)

	Red Action Discussion Page
		Mark Hoskisson (Workers Power), SA trade union officer, gave a verbal report outlining SA activity during the union conference season.
		The fact that the main charge against Mark Serwotka is his support for the Socialist Alliance is not unimportant.
		It was generally agreed that it was important to establish the SA union networks, launch a public sector workers e-bulletin board, prepare a tabloid newssheet for union work with draft motions for 2003 conference season and intervene in the PCSU regional rallies in support of Mark Serwotka.
	www.redaction.org /wwwboard/msgs5/6155.HTM (1541 words)

	New Statesman: Just like the old times, comrade - Union Warfare - Public and Commercial Services union - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Serwotka's column in the latest issue of the union journal was pulled at the printer on Reamsbottom's orders; he substituted his own fierce attack on Serwotka.
		Serwotka was elected to the job in October 2000 and had worked at the head office as general secretary-elect for more than a year, sharing the duties with Reamsbottom, the outgoing general secretary.
		It is said that Reamsbottom celebrated Serwotka's victory in the Falcon (the pub where the PCS right drinks; the left goes to a different one).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4594_131/ai_89428815 (670 words)

	Socialist Voice (Oct 04) - Britain: All out on 5 November against job cuts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary was given the longest standing ovation of the week when he moved the motion.
		As Mark Serwotka explained in an interview with our British sister paper, The Socialist, "It seems to me that if education workers, health workers, local government workers and civil servants are facing attacks on their pensions then our response should be a united one."
		Mark Serwotka has appealed to members of other unions to join the PCS in raising this call.
	www.socialistparty.net /pub/pages/voiceoct04/15.htm (386 words)

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