Latest strikes news as teachers vote for new strike dates and Passport Office workers begin walkout
Mark Serwotka general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union speaks during a strike rally in Trafalgar Square in March Passport Office workers are beginning a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. This comes as members of the National Education Union have voted overwhelmingly to reject a Government pay offer, with 98 per cent of those taking part in a ballot whose results were announced this morning choosing not to accept it.
Very selfish timing. And their Union leader was heavily distorting the truth on R4 this morning!
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Urgent passport appointments unavailable as demand surges on first day of five-week strikeUrgent appointments to renew or replace a passport are unavailable as demand surges on the first day of a five-week strike The online premium service – which allows people to get a new passport in two days – is currently unavailable due to “high demand”
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Passport warning as holidaymakers issued urgent new guidance as strike beginsThose looking to travel this summer are being urged not to make plans until they receive their new passport.
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More than 1,000 Passport Office workers begin five-week strikeThere has been a spike in the number of new passport applications as workers begin a five-week strike in an increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. Should not be allowed to go five weeks Fire and rehire the lot.
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Scots Passport Office staff to start five-week strike over pay and pensionsStrike begins Monday 🔴 Passport Office workers in Glasgow will launch a five-week strike on Monday in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.
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