Prospect union members at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) walked out on 15 March after voting overwhelmingly for strike action, with the budget day action by HSE inspectors in response to a dispute over pay, job numbers and proposed cuts to redundancy terms at the health and safety regulator.
In a blog posting on the union’s website Prospect member Sarah Taylor, an acting HSE principal inspector and 14-year veteran, said: “In terms of experienced inspectors, they’re leaving in droves. The lack of staff is affecting every aspect of our work. Morale among the inspectors who remain is rock bottom because we’re all so tired.”
Saying HSE inspectors “can’t afford not to strike”, she added: “we are still inspecting and investigating as much as we possibly can, but the amount of work we’re delivering, particularly on starting new investigations, has fallen off a cliff because there’s nobody left to do it.”
Since the ‘walk-out’ in March, the union is now set to take further strike action on 10 May and 7 June across its public service membership. This follows the refusal of the government to enter negotiations to resolve the current pay and conditions dispute, having instead announced a pay control of 4.5% which the union says will further erode living standards.
Prospect represents tens of thousands of specialist, technical, professional, managerial and scientific staff in the civil service, including the Met Office, the HSE, Trinity House, Intellectual Property Office, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Natural England and UK Research and Innovation.
Members have also been undertaking action short of a strike – including working to contracted hours and an overtime ban – since 16 March. (Source: https://prospect.org.uk/)
2. Strike action by union members
EXPERIENCED HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE INSPECTORS “LEAVING IN DROVES”
Prospect union members at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) walked out on 15 March after voting overwhelmingly for strike action, with the budget day action by HSE inspectors in response to a dispute over pay, job numbers and proposed cuts to redundancy terms at the health and safety regulator.
In a blog posting on the union’s website Prospect member Sarah Taylor, an acting HSE principal inspector and 14-year veteran, said: “In terms of experienced inspectors, they’re leaving in droves. The lack of staff is affecting every aspect of our work. Morale among the inspectors who remain is rock bottom because we’re all so tired.”
Saying HSE inspectors “can’t afford not to strike”, she added: “we are still inspecting and investigating as much as we possibly can, but the amount of work we’re delivering, particularly on starting new investigations, has fallen off a cliff because there’s nobody left to do it.”
Since the ‘walk-out’ in March, the union is now set to take further strike action on 10 May and 7 June across its public service membership. This follows the refusal of the government to enter negotiations to resolve the current pay and conditions dispute, having instead announced a pay control of 4.5% which the union says will further erode living standards.
Prospect represents tens of thousands of specialist, technical, professional, managerial and scientific staff in the civil service, including the Met Office, the HSE, Trinity House, Intellectual Property Office, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Natural England and UK Research and Innovation.
Members have also been undertaking action short of a strike – including working to contracted hours and an overtime ban – since 16 March. (Source: https://prospect.org.uk/)
2. Strike action by union member
Prospect union members at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) walked out on 15 March after voting overwhelmingly for strike action, with the budget day action by HSE inspectors in response to a dispute over pay, job numbers and proposed cuts to redundancy terms at the health and safety regulator.
In a blog posting on the union’s website Prospect member Sarah Taylor, an acting HSE principal inspector and 14-year veteran, said: “In terms of experienced inspectors, they’re leaving in droves. The lack of staff is affecting every aspect of our work. Morale among the inspectors who remain is rock bottom because we’re all so tired.”
Saying HSE inspectors “can’t afford not to strike”, she added: “we are still inspecting and investigating as much as we possibly can, but the amount of work we’re delivering, particularly on starting new investigations, has fallen off a cliff because there’s nobody left to do it.”
Since the ‘walk-out’ in March, the union is now set to take further strike action on 10 May and 7 June across its public service membership. This follows the refusal of the government to enter negotiations to resolve the current pay and conditions dispute, having instead announced a pay control of 4.5% which the union says will further erode living standards.
Prospect represents tens of thousands of specialist, technical, professional, managerial and scientific staff in the civil service, including the Met Office, the HSE, Trinity House, Intellectual Property Office, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Natural England and UK Research and Innovation.
Members have also been undertaking action short of a strike – including working to contracted hours and an overtime ban – since 16 March. (Source: https://prospect.org.uk/)
2. Strike action by union members