Advice from the PCS National Executive Committee regarding the protest says "The union is not asking members to take Industrial action, therefore the protests should take place in lunch breaks or if this is not possible, before work or at another point when the largest number of member are taking a break from work."
Later it talks about the legal advice and says "However, we are encouraging members to join a protest during work breaks where they can".
Over the past 18 months virtually everyone at Norcross and Peel Park will have had to apply for their own jobs and go through a pre redundancy job selection exercise. Many have been made surplus, some entered into meaningful consultation and were in imminent danger of being made redundant.
Many members at DWP Norcross are very annoyed at the announcement to close the DWP Norcross Site, at Warbreck and Peel Park many members have been told that only approximately 15 to 20% of the members, on any given day, will be allowed to take their annual leave between Christmas and New Year.
These are the consequences of the job cuts.
PCS flags are available for the protest from the PCS rooms on each site (as are yellow PCS ponchos).
The protest should take place off-site lasting no more 15 minutes (from time of leaving to time of return).
