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Tax Office Workers To Strike In Sheffield

 Tax office workers will stage a one day strike in opposition to HMRC bringing in private companies to do their jobs.The strike will take place Tuesday the 31st of January. The 31st of January is a significant date in tax circles,  as its a deadline for self assessment returns and is the offices busiest day of the year. The private companies sitel and teleperformance, are to run year long trials in call centres at Lillyhall in Cumbria and Bathgate in Scotland. This is clearly  the beginning of an attempt to privatise call centres around the country.

PCS General secretary Mark Serwotka said: "When jobs in HMRC are being cut in there tens of thousands it is entirely wrong to start handing contracts to private companies."

Mark went on to say: "Instead of privatising ever more of our public services, the government should be investing in its own staff to ensure they are equipped  and trained to provide the essential services they are proud to deliver."

It is scandalous that at a time when major companies such as Vodafone are being let off with £6 billion in unpaid tax,. when the governments capitalist cronies hide money like its chocolate eggs at Easter avoiding tax by the billion, The workers who could actually collect the unpaid tax are being attacked. It's plain to see who's side this government is on. It's on the side of shareholders and big business and will do anything to protect them.

Support

pickets start early trade unionists and members of the community should get down and support them.

HMRC (behind the moorfoot building) bottom of the moor Sheffield.