The Public and Commercial Services union has warned the government strike action will continue as long as its demands are not met, amid anger that more efforts have been made to reach agreements with teachers and NHS workers compared to offers made to other unhappy public sector staff.
Passport Office workers will begin a five-week strike today in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute with the government over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.
More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union at eight sites will walk out as the long-running row continues to escalate. There will be picket lines outside offices in Glasgow, Durham, Liverpool, Southport, Peterborough, London, Belfast and Newport in Wales.PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka has written to the government calling for urgent talks in a bid to resolve the dispute.
He has accused ministers of treating the union's members differently to others in the public sector after negotiations were held with unions representing health workers and teachers, leading to
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