Members at MOPAC ballot for Industrial Action

After months of negotiation and a series of inadequate pay offers, members working for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) are voting on industrial action.

The ballot opens on 3 November and closes on 1 December.

In June, MOPAC made a 1.5% pay offer, despite admitting that 2% had been budgeted for pay increases. After PCS formally rejected the offer, MOPAC then made a final offer of 2%. This is clearly inadequate for members to deal with the continuing cost of living rises and undervalues the essential roles undertaken by MOPAC staff.

MOPAC plays a vital role in London’s policing and safety. PCS members carry out essential roles that oversee the Metropolitan Police and holds it accountable, commission services for victims of crime, support efforts to tackle violence against women and girls and help improve the criminal justice system. They work hard to make London a safer, more fair place to live and work.

A call for respect, fairness, and recognition

PCS full time official Claire Keenan said: “When MOPAC budgets for 2% but offers less, when it offers less than the rate of inflation, when it offers below the civil service remit, it sends a clear message that its workforce, PCS members, is not a priority.

“The decision for members to vote on whether to take industrial action is not a decision taken lightly, but one made in the face of persistent undervaluation. The ballot is a call for respect, fairness, and recognition of the essential work MOPAC PCS members do every day.”