PCS members working for Hewlett Packard are campaigning against proposals to offshore about 200 jobs from the UK to India. The application, maintenance and support (AMS) jobs are based mainly in Newcastle, Lytham and Sheffield and we are concerned that these proposals represent the tip of the iceberg in terms of further offshoring of government work.
The proposals will mean that government data on 26 million Department for Work and Pensions customers will be accessible from India and potentially raises the prospect of more work being done from overseas. It is critical to all our members in the public and private sector that these proposals are stopped.If our initial campaigning does not deliver the outcome we are looking for PCS members across HP will be balloted on taking wider industrial action that will include striking to prevent the company engaging in any further sell-off of our members’ jobs.
