Janice Godrich is the President of the UK Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Trade Union. The PCS is the 5th Largest union in the UK. Janice is one of, if not the , youngest national president of a large UK trade union. She was first elected in 2002 at the age of 39. She has stood for annual election of the union's 350,000 membership on a individual vote basis since then and has been re elected with a clear majority from 2002 to 2007.
She has stood as an open socialist from her first election. As have her colleagues who have formed the majority of the PCS national executive. Janice offered her home as security in a legal case to uphold members election of General Secretary.
Alongside the outstanding socialist general secretary, Mark Serworka, they have formed a bright and refreshing political alternative to the staid and conformist safeguard of the British TUC.