
National Highways workers belonging to the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), Britain’s biggest civil service union, are the latest to go on strike this December, with staff based in London and south east England hitting the picket lines on Thursday.
The demonstration will involve around 125 on-road traffic officers and regional operating centre operatives downing tools out of 1,500 frontline staff, according to National Highways, which has moved to reassure the public it has “robust and well-rehearsed measures” in place to deal with any problems that might arise.