PCS members in Met Police and MOPAC to strike in January

Around 6,500 civilian staff at Met Police will strike on 15 January in an ongoing dispute over the withholding of a London cost-of-living allowance. And over 130 members at the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) will strike from 12 to 15 January over what amounts to a real-terms pay cut.

This comes as recent PCS action has forced a U-turn on the Met’s planned closure of police station front counters.

The Met Police civilian staff are demanding they receive the same fully consolidated £1,250 London allowance that their officer colleagues receive. Their previous day of strike action on 5 November is thought to have cost Met Police more in staffing cover than it would have done to meet members’ demands.

The members at MOPAC voted by 94% to take strike action after rejecting managements’ pay offers of 1.5% and then 2% - both real-terms pay cuts.

Both groups of members will hold a rally on 15 January outside City Hall when the Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is expected to attend Sadiq Khan’s first Mayor's Question Time.

PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote says:

“In both these cases, the employer can afford to do the right thing and meet their demands.

“Strikes in January will demonstrate yet again that members are as committed to justice in the workplace as they are to serving justice and the public through their jobs.”