Jobs, pay and working conditions behind strike action

U.K.

Members of the PCS public services union have taken strike action in a number of areas in recent weeks. A one-day strike in Learning and Skills Councils around the country on 28 April was in protest at plans to cut 1,200 jobs. Security guards in Newcastle took action on 25 April over an inadequate pay increase that leaves them on only £5.23 (€7.55) an hour. And on 13 April tax workers in Lothian in Scotland were on strike over new working methods that they argue have been introduced without negotiation and are deskilling their jobs.
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