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PCS announce further strike action in G4S dispute
“When will G4S get the message that our members will not sit back and accept a pay rise that is 23p above the National Living Wage while G4S rakes in millions?”
Fran Heathcote, PCS General Secretary
By the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)
The jobcentre security guards will take another 14 days of strike action in September.
PCS members working as security guards at DWP sites and jobcentres are to take a further 14 days’ strike action in their ongoing dispute over pay.
Over 400 PCS members employed by G4S for the DWP will walk out for fourteen more days during the weeks beginning 9 and 23 September.
They have already taken 22 days’ strike action and are also on strike next week from 27 August.
PCS membership has more than doubled during the dispute and members have been holding well-supported picket lines outside jobcentres, many of which have been forced to close during the strike action, which also includes members of the GMB.
PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: “When will G4S get the message that our members will not sit back and accept a pay rise that is 23p above the National Living Wage while G4S rakes in millions?
“Our members risk their safety every day to protect Jobcentre workers and visitors. G4S can afford to pay them a decent wage, so why don’t they?”
- This article was originally published by the PCS Union on 23rd August 2024.
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