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There were almost 150 Unite and PCS union members on the noisy picket lines at the Ministry of Defence base in Donnington near Telford.

News from Thursday's strike by members of the PCS, UCU, Unite, RMT and Nipsa unions

The national executive of UCU lecturers’ union today voted overwhelming to strike alongside Unite and PCS on 10 May. The union believes that the strike is a welcome step in the campaign to fair pensions for all.

Workers want to fight As a Unison member fighting for a reject vote in the pensions ballot, it has been great to be able to point to the Unite union health workers and PCS planned national strike on 10 May.

"If members are up for action it is our job to support them," PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) group executive committee last week.

Voting begins this week in the election for the PCS union’s national executive committee.

Members of the PCS union who work for contractor Balfour Beatty at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) walked out for two hours on Tuesday of this week.

Tenants and campaigners gave out Housing Emergency and Defend Council Housing leaflets outside the housing minister’s office on Wednesday of last week. They got a good reception from staff and PCS union members.

Members of the PCS union in job centres across the Mersey district staged their second walkout in less than a month on Friday of last week.

PCS members collect letters informing them of pension changes outside Euston Tower in London on Tuesday. They wrote angry messages on them before returning them.

The PCS civil service workers union will now not join strikes on 28 March after a vote by its national executive today, Monday.

Civil service workers in the PCS union have voted resoundingly for more strikes over pension reforms in a consultation.