Around 500 workers at a Department for Work and Pensions centre and a benefit centre in Greater Manchester are to set to go on strike next month.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will stage a serious of walkouts over 20 days in an escalation of the bitter dispute over the pay, jobs and conditions of civil servants. Members at the Department for Work and Pensions contact centre in Stockport and a benefit centre in Bolton will be some of those taking action.
Around 500 workers at these centres will strike on February 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. More than 100 PCS members at four jobcentres in Liverpool will also take action on February 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28, and March 1, 2 and 3.
