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Civil service workers at HP UK voted in favor of industrial action

Lorenzo DeSantis  1 March 2010 10:39:35
A majority of PCS members voting in the national ballot have voted in favour of strike action by 63.4% to 36.6%, and in favour of action short of a strike by 81.4% to 18.6%.

"The ballot result sends a clear message to the employer that PCS members will not accept cuts in their accrued rights to fair redundancy compensation at a time when all the main political parties are planning deep public spending cuts" said UNI's affiliate PCS in a statement.

Please find PCS statement here:

Comments

1James  25.10.2012 22:35:15  Civil service workers at HP UK voted in favor of industrial action

Worked for EDS for many years. In management I got to see the eliminating of bottom 15 percent, the periodic identifying and then making employees uncomfortable enough for them to quit, the bull surrounding tomorrows raises, tomorrows bonuses, while making employees give up their todays. I know how we priced for profit, then eliminated contingency, raises and bonuses, quality of course dropped pretty quick, all to add to profit. Nope, not a lot of consideration for the employees. HP seems pretty much the same, the leadership may even be less ethical than EDS. I always thought the auditors should look pretty hard at the expenses of management. I know Hurd was caught out, but many more should be also. Unfortuneatly, if you are high enough, being asked to leave is much like winning the lottery in terms of goodbye pay and pensions.