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The PCS civil service workers’ union is moving towards escalating the fight against bad working conditions in Jobcentre Plus call centres.

Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union want to strike against job cuts and office closures in the Driving Standards Agency (DSA).

Around 3,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union are striking today (Thursday) and tomorrow over attacks on their working conditions. Their action is severely hitting seven "contact centres"—former benefit processing centres—in Glasgow, Newport (Gwent), Norwich, Sheffield, Bristol, Makerfield and Manchester—that Jobcentre Plus management want to turn into call centres.

Around 3,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in seven call centres are to strike for two days next week after the collapse of intensive talks with Jobcentre Plus management. This is the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Passport workers have voted for action short of a strike against job losses—but turned down the chance to strike over the issue.

The PCS civil service workers’ union has suspended a two day strike by 3,000 members in seven offices set for next week after a new offer.

Around 270,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union began balloting this week to reject the government’s attacks on their redundancy pay.

A member of the PCS civil service workers’ union national executive has severely criticised the police’s actions on yesterday’s student demonstration in London. Zita Holbourne, who is also join chair of the Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts group, condemned the treatment of young people and other protesters while speaking to Socialist Worker today.

Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in seven offices run by Jobcentre Plus are being balloted for strikes against management’s decision to convert their offices into contact centres.

Hastings Borough council has passed an official motion calling for a public enquiry into the actions of managers at CSA Hastings.

The PCS union, which represents the majority of union members in the civil service, has rejected a new government offer on changing the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

Leaders of the PCS union in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), who represent 90,000 union members, last week rejected a below-inflation pay offer. They also rejected another below-inflation offer from bosses in the old Child Support Agency—which is now known as CMEC.