Hundreds of DVLA and Land Registry staff members across the UK are set to walk-out later this month, in a dispute over pay, jobs, pensions and conditions. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union has confirmed its members at Land Registry sites in Swansea, Birkenhead, Coventry, Croydon, Durham, Fylde, Gloucester, Hull, Leicester, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Telford and Weymouth will go on strike from February 27 to March 3, 2023.
Also striking at this time will be 14 employees from the DVLA in Swansea - many of whom have already walked out this week.
Commenting on the upcoming strikes, PCS general secretary, Mark Serwotka said: "As long as the Government shows no sign of resolving this dispute, we'll show no signs of stopping strike action. Ministers seem able to find money for just about everything other than giving their own employees a decent pay rise. PCS members have had enough of being taken for granted."
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Information on the PCS Union website details this week's strike action in Swansea. A statement explains: "PCS members working for DVLA on Output Services Group (OSG) started five days of strike action [on Monday, February 13].
"The DVLA members based at two sites in Swansea, are taking strike action for five days this week as part of our second wave of targeted action. Members at Ty Felin and Morriston are responsible for printing for DVLA, including letters and driving licences.
"Members have demonstrated mass support for the action which will bring the DVLA print services to a halt and maximise disruption to key DVLA services. We know the action is impacting on issuing customer correspondence across input services group and drivers medical. [On Monday, February 13], the lights in the print unit area at the Swansea main site remained off, as did the printers. Dozens of members joined a vibrant picket line in their dispute over pay, pensions, jobs and redundancy terms."
However, the claims about the print unit area at the Swansea main site was disputed by the DVLA.
A spokesman said: " I can confirm that our printers were still operational and we have continued to issue documents"."
Members of the PCS Union are also on strike this week at the Department for Work and Pensions, the British Museum and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Further, around 1,000 Border Force officials will begin strike action in Dover and Dunkirk, and in Calais and Coquelles in France, this Friday - with around 100,000 members of the PCS Union expected to go on strike on Budget Day, March 15 2023.
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