UK civil service hit by strike action

U.K.

Several sections of the UK civil service have been hit by strike action or face industrial action in the near future. Last month over 8,000 staff in magistrates courts were involved in a one-day national strike for the first time ever. The dispute is over pay with the unions involved arguing that a 2.2% increase to pay scales is a cut in pay in real terms.
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Earlier this month staff in the biggest civil service section, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) voted for two days of strike action in protest at job cuts. The government's efficiency review argued for some 70,000 job cuts across the civil service and the DWP is the worst affected. Around 15,000 jobs have already gone and a further 15,000 are threatened. The union argues that this has already had an impact on the level of service.
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Meanwhile in Northern Ireland the main civil service union, NIPSA, is calling on members to back a vote for strike action over pay. The unions says that 2.2% pay offer will mean a further cut in real pay following recent below-inflation pay increases. NIPSA also wants pay rates to rise in line with those in the civil service in the rest of the UK.
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