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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Britain’s Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said on Wednesday 100 000 of its members across 124 government departments would take strike action on 1 Feb in a dispute over pay, pensions and job security.<\/p>\n

Britain is experiencing a wave of strikes across sectors ranging from healthcare to railways, as pay rises fail to keep pace with double-digit inflation. Thousands of ambulance workers held a second day of strikes on Wednesday, while many schools in Scotland were closed by a teacher walk out.<\/p>\n

The PCS union has been carrying out a rolling programme of strikes across different government departments and other public sector bodies over the last month, which has included driving test examiners, border force staff and road traffic officers.<\/p>\n

“We warned the government our dispute would escalate if they did not listen, and we\u2019re as good as our word,” PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said.<\/p>\n

Serwotka said he was meeting with a government minister on Thursday and the dispute could be resolved if more money was offered to its members.<\/p>\n

The PCS also said it would next week ballot a further 33 000 members in five more departments, including HM Revenue and Customs, over whether to join the national strike action.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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