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HUNDREDS of civil servants will strike next week to stop their jobs being outsourced to India, the PCS union announced yesterday.
The government’s Ministry of Justice plans to privatise the work of 400 civil servants in Bootle, Merseyside, and Newport, South Wales.
The work, which involves payroll, personnel and finance data covering courts, prison services and Home Office roles, is expected to be transferred to India, despite its sensitive nature, with the loss of 200 jobs.
Members of the PCS union will walk out on Monday June 30 in response to plans to hand over the jobs to a new operator which is 75 per cent owned by French multinational Sertia.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said the plan was “just another way to cut civil service jobs, by privatising and sending work overseas.”
He accused the government of “a cynical exploitation of the inferior pay and employment conditions of workers in other countries.”
