News Office for National Statistics union members to vote whether to continue industrial action By Sophie Lewis Digital Reporter Comment Published 16th Sep 2024, 18:43 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Union members at the Office for National Statistics are to cast another vote on whether to continue taking industrial action in a long-running dispute over working from home. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) have been refusing to go into the office two days a week since May despite an instruction from the company.
The 1,179 workers based in Newport in South Wales, Titchfield in Hampshire, London, Darlington, Manchester and Edinburgh, recently refused to work overtime as a result With their six-month strike mandate running out next month, the union is balloting members for a new mandate to allow their action to continue. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues.
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. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. Fran Heathcote, PCS general secretary, said: “Management’s mandatory workplace attendance regime does nothing to improve productivity but everything to disrupt the lives of ONS staff, who were led to believe they could continue to work from home indefinitely.
The Office for National Statistics office in Segensworth Road, Titchfield. | Google Street View “Our ongoing action has allowed our members to continue those flexible arrangements without damaging the organisation’s outputs. “The employer’s continuing refusal to talk to us, however, means we need to ballot members again to increase the pressure for a sensible, negotiated outcome.
” The ballot will end on October 1 with the outcome expected to be announced shortly after. For more information about the Office for National Statistics industrial action, click here. Continue Reading Related topics: Workers Office for National Statistics Manchester Darlington Edinburgh Hampshire London Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories.
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