Solidarity in action for strike at DESNZ
Show your support for outsourced and underpaid workers at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) preparing to strike.
PCS members at DESNZ are striking from 22 to 26 July over poor pay and conditions from their outsource-profiteer employer ISS. As well as an end to the long-running dispute, they hope to see the new Labour government make good on its promise to end outsourcing and to deliver justice for workers and value for the taxpayer. Here’s how you can get involved and build momentum for massive insourcing.
Picket lines
Come along to the picket lines at 3-8 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW. There’s plenty of opportunity to show your face and help keep spirits raised:
Monday 22 July - 7am to 10am
Tuesday 23 July - 8am to 10am
Wednesday 24 July - 8am to noon
Thursday 25 July - 8am to 10am
Help fund the strike
If you can’t get to the pickets and buy them a coffee, why not donate the price? These workers are systematically underpaid and, in their own words, “are disproportionately likely to be from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds.” Help them in the struggle for pay justice and add to the strike fund: sort code 60-83-01, account number 20331490, account name PCS Fighting Fund Levy - please quote 'ISS Strike' as the reference.
Add your voice
Striking members have addressed a petition to Ed Miliband, secretary of state for energy security and net zero. Labour promised to oversee the biggest ever wave of insourcing - now it’s time to start making that happen. Sign the petition now.
Give them a cheer
Lastly, just like a honk of the car horn, you can email messages of support to editor@pcs.org.uk and show union solidarity not just to the members but to employers and politicians too.
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