John Medhurst
John Medhurst
John Medhurst
John Medhurst
John Medhurst is a Policy Officer with the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS). Prior to this he was a civil servant for 22 years and a CPSA/PCS lay activist in Jobcentre Plus, HSE and DCMS. He was HSE London HQ Branch Secretary, DCMS National Branch Chair, and a member of the PCS National Executive Committee. He is PCS representative on the EPSU Public Services Network and has been published in the Journal of Contemporary European Research (JCER).
Government Shared Services: Privatised, downsized, off-shored.
1 May 2014
By John Medhurst, Policy Officer, PCS
Under the innocuous title of Next Generation Shared Services (NGSS) Strategic Plan, the government is driving through a programme of privatisation and off-shoring of civil service jobs and functions and in doing so is potentially putting the personal data of UK citizens at risk.
Privatisation and ‘Pop-Up Unions’: Occupy Sussex fights on.
14 February 2014)
By John Medhurst, Policy Officer, PCS
John Medhurst looks back on what we can learn from the activity of the first ‘pop-up’ union.
"Not a proper society": the privatisation of law and justice
07 June 2013
By John Medhurst
The privatisation plans of the Coalition are becoming disturbingly close to the plot of a dystopian science fiction novel.
Resisting Shock Therapy
21 March 2013
By John Medhurst
The UK now has an extreme right-wing government that aims to transfer most of our public services to the private sector, using a variety of commissioning models and hybrid schemes to disguise a massive programme of privatisation.
Yellow squares on the windows: the occupation at Sussex University
06 March 2013
By John Medhurst
Privatisation of the public sector is part of a larger campaign to rob workers of decent pensions and working conditions, and is handing some state functions to companies that do not recognise trade unions. John Medhurst speaks to the student protesters at Sussex University, showing how many individuals are ready and willing to stand in solidarity with public sector workers to fight the ideological lurch to profit over people.
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