Northern Ireland Office workers to strike

Civil servants working in the Northern Ireland Office are to take three days’ strike action next week.

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) members based at Erksine House in Belfast will walk out on June 6, 7 and 8 as part of the union’s long-running dispute over pay, pensions, redundancy terms and job security.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “Our members in Northern Ireland are determined to win this dispute because, like their colleagues in the rest of the United Kingdom, they are fed up with being treated worse than any other public sector worker.

“It’s time for the government to treat its own workforce with respect and put some money on the table to help our members through the cost-of-living crisis and beyond.”

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