Ministry of Defence in Westminster, London
THE Ministry of Defence is being urged to review its practice of outsourcing services after MPs complained that contractors are dropping standards and “squeeze” workers to increase profits.
The defence committee said in its report, published today, that outsourcing appeared to be the default position, with little consideration given to providing services in-house.
It found that the MoD was not always willing to step in and enforce expected standards.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY
