More than 200 staff at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are to strike for two weeks over the Christmas period. Workers at three offices in Liverpool and one in Doncaster will walk out from December 19 to December 31.
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union say that the action is part of its national campaign for a 10% pay rise, job security and no cuts to redundancy terms. It adds that the “targeted” action would cover only a fraction of the union’s DWP members, but warned more dates are likely to follow.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “Our members have been plunged into ever-increasing depths of poverty. It’s a disgrace that our members in the DWP – the government’s own employees – are claiming the benefits they pay out to others.
