Coastguards organise second one-day strike
With no progress on pay negotiations, employees of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are due to take a second day of strike action on 11 April. The PCS trade union has been in a long-running dispute over pay, arguing that coastguard watch assistants have a starting salary (£12,097 - €15,100) that is little more than the minimum wage. The MCA is just one of nine government agencies and departments that have faced strike action over pay in recent months. Read more at > PCS (EN)