Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (the largest civil service union) have voted for a two-day national strike on Monday and Tuesday, March 8 and 9.
This is in response to the government’s intention to cut redundancy pay (and on the back of this cut jobs and privatise sections of the civil service).
The strikes, which will involve Jobcentre staff, tax workers, coastguards, border agency officials, courts staff and driving test examiners, are a result of the government and Cabinet Office making changes to the civil service compensation scheme.
The changes will see staff robbed of up to one third of their entitlements if they are forced out of a job. The government is looking to save £500 million through the changes, based on the number of jobs it has axed over the last three years.
Some 63.4 per cent of those voted said yes to strike action and 81.4 per cent said yes to action short of a strike.
The union’s national executive committee will be meeting next week on March 2, 3 and 4 to finalise further strike dates, which could include national walkouts and targeted strike action.
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