Overtime Ban Starts Now!

As part of the industrial action all members are requested to refuse any offers of overtime.

Approximately eighty percent of members across our branch took part in the strike action earlier this week. By working overtime management are hoping to lessen the impact of this action.

We all know how difficult it is to go out on strike and sacrifice a couple of days pay. None of us are paid a fortune and no one can easily afford to have less money coming in. But that is the reason for the industrial action. The pay imposition is designed to ensure that most staff will receive a pay cut in real terms over the next three years.

It may be tempting for some to work overtime in the next few weeks. But by doing so you are personally responsible for undermining the financial sacrifice made by the members who went out on strike.

Over the next three years there are plans to reduce the number of staff in DWP by a further 12,000. Every member who crosses a picket line or works overtime is weakening the union's position. The union needs to be stronger than ever if it is to resist these cuts. Is a couple of days overtime really worth weakening PCS? Because never forget, no ones job is safe.