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Interserve industrial action at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EDM (Early Day Motion) 125: tabled on 30 January 2020

Tabled in the 2019-21 session.

This motion has been signed by 48 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House supports members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) employed by Interserve at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) who will embark on a month of strike action throughout February 2020; notes that this dispute has been ongoing since March 2019 over issues including pay, trade union recognition, removal of working hours for cleaners and sick pay; further notes that the last strike ballot in October 2019 returned a 100 per cent vote in support of further strike action on an 82.5 per cent turnout; commends the efforts of PCS in their attempts throughout this dispute to seek resolution via the conciliator, ACAS, and their calls for urgent meetings with the employer and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs during the most recent ballot period; is concerned that treatment of staff employed by Interserve at the FCO has worsened in recent months, with those involved in the dispute excluded from festive activities and attempts being made by their employer to close their designated break room; notes that no worker takes the decision to go on strike lightly; and therefore calls on the Secretary of State to intervene urgently to bring an end to this dispute and ensure all workers in Government are treated with dignity and respect.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 3 February 2020
North Tyneside
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on 3 February 2020
Easington
Edwards, Jonathan
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 3 February 2020
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 4 February 2020
Strangford
Grant, Peter
Scottish National Party
Signed on 5 February 2020
Glenrothes
Streeting, Wes
Labour
Signed on 5 February 2020
Ilford North
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on 6 February 2020
Leyton and Wanstead
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 6 February 2020
Brighton, Pavilion
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on 6 February 2020
Jarrow
Nichols, Charlotte
Labour
Signed on 7 February 2020
Warrington North
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 February 2020
Glasgow North
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 February 2020
Edinburgh East
Harman, Ms Harriet
Labour
Signed on 10 February 2020
Camberwell and Peckham
Hopkins, Rachel
Labour
Signed on 10 February 2020
Luton South
Black, Mhairi
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 February 2020
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on 10 February 2020
Liverpool, Wavertree
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on 10 February 2020
Liverpool, Riverside
Hanvey, Neale
Independent
Signed on 10 February 2020
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
David, Wayne
Labour
Signed on 10 February 2020
Caerphilly
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 10 February 2020
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on 10 February 2020
Birkenhead
Mishra, Navendu
Labour
Signed on 11 February 2020
Stockport
MacAskill, Kenny
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 February 2020
East Lothian
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on 11 February 2020
Knowsley
Anderson, Fleur
Labour
Signed on 11 February 2020
Putney
Webbe, Claudia
Labour
Signed on 11 February 2020
Leicester East
Chamberlain, Wendy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 12 February 2020
North East Fife
McLaughlin, Anne
Scottish National Party
Signed on 12 February 2020
Glasgow North East
Hill, Mike
Labour
Signed on 12 February 2020
Hartlepool
Fovargue, Yvonne
Labour
Signed on 13 February 2020
Makerfield
McDonald, Stuart C
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 February 2020
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on 13 February 2020
Liverpool, West Derby
Linden, David
Scottish National Party
Signed on 24 February 2020
Glasgow East
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 24 February 2020
Poplar and Limehouse
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 25 February 2020
Glasgow Central
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on 26 February 2020
City of Durham
Cruddas, Jon
Labour
Signed on 27 February 2020
Dagenham and Rainham
Blake, Olivia
Labour
Signed on 27 February 2020
Sheffield, Hallam
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 4 March 2020
Glasgow North West
Tarry, Sam
Labour
Signed on 16 March 2020
Ilford South
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on 15 September 2020
Brighton, Kemptown

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.