Border Force workers are to launch a series of strikes over Christmas in a bitter dispute over pay, pensions and jobs. The Public and Commercial Services union announced its members working at Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff airports will strike for eight days from December 23 to New Year’s Eve.
The union has already announced strikes at the Department for Work and Pensions, the Highways Agency and among driving examiners. Around 1,000 Border Force workers will strike on December 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30 and 31.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said the staff work at passport control so the strike will have a “significant impact”. He warned the Government against bringing in the military to cover for the strikes, saying there was not enough time to train them properly.
