Preparing for 26 September (John Moloney's column)
Our outsourced worker members at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will strike again on 5-6 and 13-14 September. It’s part of their long-running fight for workplace justice. They’re striking to win improved pay and terms and conditions. The outsourced contracts at BEIS are due to be re-tendered next year. The employer plans to take a number of outsourced contracts and consolidate them into a smaller number of regional contracts, with one for security and a separate one for cleaning, reception, and catering. We’re mounting a legal challenge to that, as we don’t...