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Workplace and TU campaigns / Outsourcing
30 January 2012
PCS members in HMRC strike on 31 January
Around 20,000 PCS members in Revenue and Customs are taking strike action against the introduction of the private sector into contact centres
20 January 2011
Manchester council cuts - figures don't add up
The plot has thickened at Manchester city council in the days following the 2,000 job losses announcement, as public statements and internal council documents shed further light on the situation
Care workers protest at privatisation in Waltham Forest, photo Alison Hill
7 October 2009
Cuts, outsourcing and privatisation mean vulnerable adults and children are 'falling through the net'. Social care staff are struggling to cope with high caseloads, increasing red tape and worsening pay, terms and conditions at work.
Paul Couchman, a social care worker and branch secretary of Surrey County Unison writing in a personal capacity, analyses what is going on.
7 October 2009
Fighting against outsourcing, defending working conditions at British Telecom
Twice in the past five months, BT Communication Workers Union (CWU) members have rejected proposals by the company to introduce new working arrangements that undermine previously negotiated attendance arrangements, writes Gary Jones, CWU national executive council, personal capacity.
26 October 2006
How can we build an effective campaign to defend the NHS?
The NHS is under attack as never before. Hospitals and other trusts are finding themselves 'in deficit' and being forced to make cuts and declare redundancies....
20 November 2004
Protecting jobs in outsourcing deal
MEMBERS OF the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) at the giant National Savings complexes in Glasgow, Blackpool and Durham have reluctantly voted to accept the proposed transfer of 250 jobs to India...
21 August 2004
Swansea staff fight outsourcing
OVER 100 Swansea Council ICT (computer) staff have started indefinite strike action in order to prevent the council outsourcing their jobs to a private company. This is a threat to their terms, conditions and pensions...
3 April 2004
There are 5,500 UK call centres employing 400,000 workers, many of whom have no union representation and work in appalling conditions. These workers are now threatened with "off-shoring" or "out-sourcing"...
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