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To: Jim Harra, HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive
HMRC: Meet with PCS members for fair wages and conditions
HMRC must take urgent action to resolve the dispute between PCS members employed as cleaners at HM Revenue and Custom’s Birmingham and Merseyside sites and their employer, ISS.
Send a message to HMRC’s CEO so they know how many of us are behind these workers.
Why is this important?
PCS members are in dispute over low pay, unequal sick pay entitlement compared to directly employed HMRC staff and job insecurity.
All workers deserve the dignity and respect that employment usually provides. But the minimum wage is simply not enough to live on. Statutory sick pay rates are so low and only normally payable from the fourth day of illness, meaning staff routinely work when they are sick as they cannot afford not to.
These are dedicated staff whose skills, hard work and enthusiasm are crucial to keeping the UK’s tax offices safe, clean and functioning. In fact, the vital work they do has been recognised by their key worker status during the Covid-19 pandemic. They have continued to work throughout lockdown despite the personal risk to themselves and their families.
The PCS union have approached HMRC several times to urge them to meet their members’ just demands but HMRC has declined to do so.
Send a message to Jim Harra and show your support.