An additional 33,000 extra civil servants have voted to strike subsequent month – becoming a member of 100,000 already strolling out.
The newly balloted members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union will be a part of the opposite civil servants who’re strolling out on 15 March – the identical day as the following funds announcement.
They are calling for a pay rise of no less than 10%, safety to pensions, job safety and no cuts to redundancy pay.
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The authorities has stated the calls for – which it says would price £2.4bn – are unaffordable.
Ten teams of civil servants, beforehand balloted together with the others in November, failed to succeed in the 50% turnout threshold on the time however in a re-ballot, which ended yesterday, all of them reached the brink and voted to strike.
The new teams who’re becoming a member of the day of motion embrace: the Care Commission, Companies House, HMRC, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the National Museum of Wales, Office of Rail & Road, UK Export Finance, UK SBS, the Valuation Office Agency and the Welsh Government.
They be a part of the 124 teams, with 100,000 civil servants, who voted in November to strike.
Four different departments yesterday voted to take motion wanting a strike. They are the Rural Payments Agency, DEFRA, the Forestry Commission and the Marine Maritime Organisation.
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PCS normal secretary Mark Serwotka stated: “Today’s overwhelming result is an astonishing show of strength and intent from our members and sends a very strong message to the government that we will not stop this action until we get a fair pay rise.
“We have persistently demanded a pay rise to assist our members by means of the cost-of-living disaster; ministers have persistently refused to place extra money on the desk.
“They might have hoped we’d go away if they buried their heads in the sand, but they’ve under-estimated the determination of our members, who were praised for keeping the country running during the pandemic but now taken for granted.
“As these outcomes clearly show, our members have had sufficient. Unless ministers put extra money on the desk, our strikes will proceed to escalate, starting on 15 March.”
PCS members on the Department for Work and Pensions, DVLA and Land Registry are already hanging this week.
Next week, the union’s members at Ofsted and driving instructors are taking motion.
Most PCS members who had been balloted final yr will vote once more on 20 March as their six-month strike mandate expires in May.
Source: information.sky.com”