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Civil servants start industrial action over return to office mandate

Members of Public and Commercial Services Union are also protesting against the closure of six work locations

The Guardian - UK

Passport office staff in Scotland 'relying on food banks' as five-week strike begins

More than 1,000 members of Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) at eight sites across the UK, including Glasgow, are walking out today.

Daily Record

Strike by 100,000 civil servants planned for Budget day over pay and pensions

The Public and Commercial Services Union says it will escalate action to coincide with Jeremy Hunt’s Budget announcement on 15 March

The Independent UK

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Greens refuse to cross Holyrood picket line as civil servants strike

ONLY one political party is confirmed to be showing solidarity with the 100,000 civil servants taking industrial action today – which includes…

The National (Scotland)

All the upcoming strike dates as teachers, doctors and firefighters may walk out

The UK could soon see something close to the General Strike of 1926

Wales Online

All UK strike dates from railways to nurses as teachers could announce pickets this week

Here are all the strike dates currently planned or being balloted on for major unions including railways, paramedics, DVSA driving tests, DVLA, NHS nurses, junior doctors, teachers, firefighters and DWP

Daily Mirror

Air Travelers Warned of Delays as UK Passport Control Staff Strike

Passengers at British airports were warned of delays after passport control staff walked out on Friday on the first day of a strike due to last until New Year, though London's Heathrow and Gatwick reported no major disruptions. The Public and Commercial Services Union said more than 1,000 Border Force…

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Brits warned UK airports could close during Border Force strikes starting tomorrow

Border Force chief operating officer Steve Dann has said spoken out ahead of strikes led by the Public and Commercial Services Union which run to the end of the year

Daily Mirror

‘This isn’t fair’: public sector workers react to autumn statement

A teacher, a civil servant and an NHS nurse say spending is not enough to tackle costs and avoid strikes

The Guardian - UK

Union accuses DWP of 'cynically delaying' redundancy announcement until after strike vote

The Public and Commercial Services Union said hundreds of jobs are at risk at 13 sites across the country with the Department for Work and Pensions launching a volunatary redundancy scheme

Daily Mirror

After high profile sacking, UK civil servants fear for jobs under Truss

"Speaking truth unto power" has long been the motto of Britain's civil service, but now some government workers charged with offering ministers impartial advice whatever their party are fearful of their political bosses and are keeping quiet.

Reuters

National strike ballot of tens of thousands of civil servants launched

More than 200,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union will vote in coming weeks on whether to strike over pay, jobs and conditions.

The Independent UK

The threat to lay off King Charles’s staff while the nation mourns is despicable

My union has demanded the notification be immediately withdrawn, says Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Government civil servants vote on industrial action amid pay dispute

NEARLY 10,000 civil servants are set to vote on industrial action amid a dispute with the Scottish Government over an offer described as a “real…

The National (Scotland)

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If Johnson’s Rwanda plan for asylum seekers is legal, why is he afraid to defend it in court?

Refugees – and civil servants who’ll have to effect this cruel policy – will both suffer, says Mark Serwotka of the Public and Commercial Services Union

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