The PCS civil service union has confirmed that the planned national strike over pay and job cuts will go ahead on 1 May (not a public holiday in the UK). This will be the second one-day national strike this year in support of the union's demands to stop job cuts and privatisation and to push civil service departments and agencies to award real pay increases. The national action has been supplemented by a range of industrial action - work-to-rules and overtime bans - in various departments and agencies.
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Union confirms second national strike on 1 May
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