Passport Office staff paid less than supermarket workers, claims union

Passport Office staff in Scotland could make more money “working in a cafe or supermarket”, a union representative has said as workers begin a five-week strike in a row over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.

More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) at eight sites are walking out in an escalation of the long-running row.

Workers are picketing outside eight Passport Office sites across the UK, including in Glasgow, and calling for a 10% pay rise.