The CSC public services union called for strike action in provincial offices of the national pensions service from 21 February. The union is responding to excessive pressure on staff arising from a number of factors including the rise in the numbers claiming pensions, the increase in enquiries resulting from the national debate over pensions reform, difficulties arising from poor communications from the service and a transfer of responsibilities to the provincial offices without any appropriate allocation of additional resources. Read more at > CSC (FR) And at >ACV Openbare Diensten (NL)