100,000 civil servants to strike in mass walk-out on February 1

One hundred thousand civil servants in 124 different government departments will go on strike on February 1 in dispute over jobs and pay as unions ratchet up the pressure on ministers with massive walk-out

• Around 100,000 civil servants are to strike on February 1
•  The union said it will be the largest civil service strike for years
•  The mass walk-out is a massive ratcheting up of pressure

Around 100,000 civil servants are to strike on February 1 in a worsening dispute over jobs, pay and conditions, the Public and Commercial Services union announced. 

The mass walk-out by workers including Border Force, the DVLA and job centre staff is a massive ratcheting up of pressure by militant trade unions.

It is the first time that members of the PCS in different government agencies have co-ordinated their strikes to take place at the same time in this latest period of unrest.

The union said it will be the largest civil service strike for years and signals a ‘significant escalation’ of industrial action after a month of strikes by its members, including Border Force staff.

It is the first time that members of the PCS, led by Mark Serwotka (pictured) in different government agencies have co-ordinated their strikes to take place at the same time in this latest period of unrest.

The mass walk-out is a massive ratcheting up of pressure by militant trade unions.

The stoppage will coincide with the TUC’s ‘protect the right to strike’ day, which was announced in reaction to the Government’s controversial legislation on minimum service levels during industrial action.

A further 33,000 PCS members working in five more departments, including HM Revenue & Customs, are next week re-balloting to join the union’s national strike action.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: ‘During the last month, when thousands of PCS members across a range of departments took sustained industrial action, the Government said it had no money.

‘But it managed to find millions of pounds to spend on managers and military personnel in a failed attempt to cover the vital work our members do.

‘We warned the Government our dispute would escalate if they did not listen – and we’re as good as our word.’

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