PCS: IT workers take industrial action after 'insulting' pay offer

IT staff who provide services for the Health and Safety Executive will take industrial action from tomorrow (Tuesday 28 September) in a dispute over pay, the Public and Commercial Services union announces.

The workers who are employed by Computacenter have suffered successive years of below inflation pay increases.

This year, after a series of negotiations, the company has offered a derisory 0.4%, or little over £100 a year.

PCS members, who deal with the maintenance and daily operation of the HSE's IT system, will begin an overtime ban and a work to rule from Tuesday.

PCS negotiations officer Jayson Sloss said: "Our members understandably rejected this insulting offer unanimously. They have worked hard, often under difficult circumstances, and ensured healthy and profitable returns to the company on this contract.

"We remain committed to reaching a negotiated settlement, but the company's response so far has been to threaten legal action rather than discuss a resolution."

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Notes

- For information and interview requests, contact PCS negotiations officer Jayson Sloss on 0151 231 6128 or 07788 118820

- The Public and Commercial Services union represents civil and public servants in central government. It has more than 300,000 members, about 30,000 of whom work in parts of the government transferred to the private sector. PCS is the UK's fifth largest union and is affiliated to the TUC. The general secretary is Mark Serwotka and the president is Janice Godrich

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