Office of National Statistics staff in Manchester refuse to spend two days a week in office
manchestereveningnews.co.ukEmployees at the Office for National Statistics, including those at its offices in Manchester, are refusing to comply with an instruction to spend two days a week in offices, it's been announced by a union.
More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) say they will not be 'forced back' to the office 40 per cent of the week.
The employees, based in Newport, South Wales, Titchfield in Hampshire, London, Darlington, Manchester and Edinburgh, have already voted in favour of strikes and other forms of industrial action in protest at the drive for more office-based working. READ MORE: Co-op Live boss reveals exact reasons behind delays to venue's opening as The Black Keys concert re-scheduled the day before - and Peter Kay gigs moved again The union said that, from May 8, their members will not comply with the instruction.
The Manchester offices of the ONS are based on Oxford Street in Manchester city centre. Many staff already willingly spend more than 40 per cent of their working time in the office, but there is widespread upset about the arbitrary nature of the new directive, said the PCS.
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