UK facing Christmas travel chaos as civil servants in three departments to strike Stoppages will affect passport and border checks, driving tests and farm payments throughout Christmas The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022
Border Force and Home Office staff prepare to go on strike PCS union moves to add to ‘substantial strike fund’ for dispute The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
Ports, Border Force, driving tests and licences to be hit by strikes The Public and Commercial Services union said action will start in mid-December and continue for a month. The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
Border Force trainees ‘stripped of free accommodation for asylum course’ People told to make daily round-trips of up to three hours and that not turning up on time may result in failure, union says The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022
Number of Britons on poverty pay set to hit 5.1 million next year OLD Exclusive: Another 1.6 million people will be pulled below real living wage rates, research shows The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022
Strikes may hinder crime-fighting, says Met Police chief ‘If agencies we work closely with strike, it’s hard to imagine that more work won’t potentially overflow in our direction,’ Sir Mark Rowley said Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2022
Met Police boss warns public sector strikes could hinder crime-fighting Sir Mark Rowley said: ‘If agencies we work closely with strike, it’s hard to imagine that more work won’t potentially overflow in our direction.’ The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022
Military set to fill in for Border Force guards during winter strikes OLD Union bosses warn of ‘extraordinary disruption’ at airports and key ports like Dover The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022
UK civil servants in Whitehall and frontline services vote to strike Services from passports to pensions could be affected as 100,000 PCS union members to join nurses in wave of stoppages The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022
PCS union: 100,000 civil servants vote for strike action in row over pay and pensions Union gives government ultimatum: ‘Offer substantial proposals or sustained industrial action will go ahead’ The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022
100,000 civil servants vote to strike from passports to DWP - full list of areas hit The Public and Commercial Services Union asked more than 150,000 Government employees at 214 departments across the country whether to join national industrial action Daily Mirror · Nov 10, 2022
Hundreds of jobs at risk as DWP launches voluntary redundancy scheme - including in North East The Department of Work and Pensions has launched a voluntary redundancy scheme with more than 400 jobs at risk Chronicle Live · Nov 8, 2022
Union accuses DWP of 'cynically delaying' redundancy announcement until after strike vote The Public and Commercial Services Union said hundreds of jobs are at risk at 13 sites across the country with the Department for Work and Pensions launching a volunatary redundancy scheme Daily Mirror · Nov 8, 2022
Border Force union joins legal action over conditions at Manston asylum centre Exclusive: PCS joins action with charity and a woman placed at Kent processing centre for boat arrivals The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022 Cleaners and caterers to strike at UK’s business department Outsourced workers supporting civil servants are skipping meals because they can’t afford them, says PCS union
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022 Manston staff would not be able to control riots, government warned ‘Should something really nasty kick off we would not be in a position to control it,’ says PCS union
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022 Overcrowding has made Manston centre a ‘pot that’s boiling over’, workers say ‘Why has it taken firebombs to be thrown for anyone to take notice?’, union rep said
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022 Court staff begin nine-day walkout over case management system The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said members working as legal advisers and court associates will strike from Saturday to October 30.
Liverpool Echo · Oct 20, 2022 Union to rally in bid to save hundreds of Liverpool MoD jobs Hundreds of staff could be relocated to Blackpool
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022 As the Tories implode, Britain’s unions are powering up – and more than ready for the fight Union leaders see themselves as a third force in politics, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
Daily Mirror · Oct 19, 2022 Strikes could run for 'months' if hundreds of thousands of workers back walkouts PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka warned that disputes over pay and working conditions could run into the Spring and said people were fed up of the Government's 'callous, brutal dismissal' of workers' concerns
The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022 Union leader urges Keir Starmer to make clear he is on side of workers Unite’s Sharon Graham says Labour leader must not ‘stand on the sidelines’ as workers go on strike
Daily Mirror · Oct 19, 2022 What would a general strike mean and will there be one as unions warns of joint action Trade union bosses have been escalating calls for mass coordinated strike action this winter, raising questions about whether a general strike could be imminent
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 UK union leaders step up warnings of synchronised strikes this winter Bosses tell TUC congress they stand ready to coordinate action, although there are no calls for a general strike
Liverpool Echo · Oct 17, 2022 'Frustrated and angry' union members stage third wave of strikes Members of the PCS union have walked out today