News and a petition from the PCS website

• Michael Cook, chair of the PCS DfE Branch, was sacked under a performance management process within a year of his retirement - here.

• PCS members working at Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museum Wales are being urged to vote yes in a ballot for strike action in a dispute over the removal of premium payments for working weekends or anti-social hours - here.

• PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka has recorded a video to stress the need for members at the DVLA contact centre to vote yes for action in a dispute over Saturday pay - here.