Fujitsu members to take strike action over pay
PCS members employed by Fujitsu Services UK voted by 87% for strike action.
More than 300 workers employed by outsourced Fujitsu Services UK at Telford and offices across the UK will take strike action on January 30 and 31 after being offered a pay rise of just 1.5%. Their civil service colleagues employed directly by HMRC got 5% this year for doing similar jobs.
The two days of strike action will take place on the two days prior to the self-assessment online tax return deadline.
Members voted by 87% for strike action and by 95.6% for action short of a strike on a turnout of 79.5%.
PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said: “There is no excuse for workers employed by Fujitsu being offered less than those employed directly by HMRC.
“If the government was serious about its pre-election pledge to bring in the ‘biggest wave of insourcing in a generation’ now is the chance to end the scandal of a two-tier workforce.
“It’s not too late for ministers to step in, resolve the pay issue and prevent strike action likely to play havoc with people’s tax returns.”