An Early Day Motion has been tabled by PCS parliamentary group chair, John McDonnell MP calling for the ending of outsourcing across government departments and agencies.
Please take a moment to complete this e-action and email your MP, asking them to add their name and support to the EDM.
The motion calls on the government to implement without delay their manifesto commitment to review the use of outsourcing in government departments, which includes cleaning, security and catering services. In their own words, the government pledged to ‘learn the lessons from the collapse of Carillion and bring about the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation’.
PCS members working for G4S and ISS who provide support services to government departments in Whitehall and across the UK are currently engaged in industrial action, struggling to get parity on pay and terms and conditions with their civil service counterparts working in the same buildings. For workers employed by ISS, this is now the sixth year in a row that members have had to take action just to force the employer to increase their pay annually.
Outsourcing has failed for workers and the public. Please take two minutes to complete the e-action to make sure your MP is aware of this important issue.
