2019-02-14 Valentine's Day PCS strike at BEIS
45 images Created 14 Feb 2019
London, UK. 14th February, 2019. Outsourced support staff from the Public & Commercial Services (PCS) union stand with colleagues and fellow trade union members on a Valentine's Day-themed picket line outside the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) during strike action to demand the London Living Wage and an end to outsourcing. Speakers on the picket line included Rebecca Long-Bailey (Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Frances O'Grady (TUC General Secretary), Mark Serwotka (PCS General Secretary) and Fran Heathcote (President of the DWP group of PCS) and there were performances by Poetry on the Picket Line.