Second victory at BEIS
On 21 October our members working for the contractor ISS at BEIS (the Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy) won a complete victory in their dispute. This follows a victory for catering staff at BEIS, employed by another contractor, Aramark, on 4 October. Now porters, security, post room, cleaners and receptionist staff have also won the London Living Wage, improved sick pay, and a number of other conditions. The victories can be put down to one factor: all-out indefinite strike action, which isn’t that common these days. At FCO (the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) we’ve...