Scotsman: HP staff to strike over freeze on pay
4 December 2009
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said its members at the firm's enterprise services section, including those working on government IT contracts, will walk out on 10 December. It said there had been growing anger over job losses and a pay freeze since HP took over EDS in August 2008.
Up to 1,000 union members will take part in the strike, including those working on IT contracts for the Department for Work and Pensions in Newcastle upon Tyne, Washington, Preston and the Fylde Coast.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "The ballot result illustrates the depth of anger amongst a workforce who face a second year of pay freezes."
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