Cleaners and security guards in Whitehall suspend strike after new pay offer

Cleaners, security guards and workers in Whitehall have suspended their strike planned for Monday after receiving an improved pay offer and other benefits.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union employed by outsourcing giant ISS in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero were due to go on strike for five days after the weekend.

But after intensive talks with management and the government resulted in improved offers, the union said there may be scope to negotiate a final agreement.

PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote said: “While we welcome the employer’s improved offer, the Government must also deliver on its election promise and deliver the biggest wave of insourcing in the public sector for a generation.”

“They should start by bringing the ISS contract into the company and ending the two-tier workforce.”