The 6-day strike against privatisation by PCS members in Bootle, Merseyside who provide corporate services in the Ministry of Justice, continues to be strongly supported.
The action, which involves 118 members and runs until 31 July, is part of our ongoing campaign to protect jobs and prevent offshoring in shared services, covering areas such as payroll, IT and HR.
There is also a 1-day strike by MOJ shared services members in Newport on 31 July and the national overtime ban, which runs until 31 July, will be extended for these members until 31 August.
High morale
Morale has been high on the picket line with members in full support of the six days of strike action. Debbie Sulley, one of the members said: "We need to take this action, it needs to be something substantial, something significant and one day at a time isn’t enough."
Solidarity
In Bootle, PCS members employed by other government departments had stopped to offer support to the pickets as they went into work and also to make donations to the hardship fund. Members from the HMRC sites nearby had also visited to show solidarity.
The striking members have received messages of support via email from South Yorkshire and Surry MoJ branches, Salford County Court Money Claims Centre, BIS and ACAS branches and Fylde health branch.
Rob Williams, chair of the National Shop Stewards Network, emailed: "I'm writing to send a message of support from the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) to PCS members in Bootle and Newport who are taking action against privatisation of shared services and to defend jobs. You have our full support and we are trying to help spread the message of solidarity to our supporters and beyond that to the rest of the trade union movement.”
PCS Defra Southern branch also sent a message of support calling the strikers “an inspiration to us all.”
PCS Defra Southern branch also sent a message of support calling the strikers “an inspiration to us all.”
What you can do
- Sign the petition against privatisation
- Send messages of support to solidarity@pcs.org.uk
- Contribute to the PCS fighting fund.
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