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More than 1,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union at the EDS Hewlett Packard company are balloting for action over job losses and pay.

More than 300,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union will soon be voting in the general secretary election.

Leaders of the PCS civil service workers’ union in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were to hold an emergency meeting this week to discuss attacks on their members.

Members of the Unite and PCS unions at the IT services giant Fujitsu are gearing up for a national fight over jobs, pay and pensions after voting overwhelmingly to take strike action over the issues.

Some 130 members of the PCS union at the UK Border Agency have voted by 97 percent for action.

The PCS civil service workers’ union is to launch a campaign, which could involve industrial action, for better conditions for call centre staff in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The Campaign Against Climate Change trade union group has produced a pamphlet to show how the government could create one million green jobs. It is backed by major trade unions, including the RMT, CWU, PCS, TSSA and UCU.

Unite and PCS union members at IT services giant Fujitsu have voted overwhelmingly to strike in national consultative ballots that closed last week.

More than 1,200 immigration officers in the PCS union are set to strike on Friday of this week over job content, working practices and shift patterns.

More than 300 PCS civil service workers’ union members working in three debt management and banking centres for the Revenue and Customs department struck for half a day on Friday of last week.

Over 500 trade unionists marched in Shrewsbury last weekend to the court where 24 building workers were prosecuted for conspiracy following a construction strike in 1972. The march included delegations from RMT, Ucatt, PCS unions among others and was addressed by Ricky Tomlinson and Arthur Scargill.

Equality and Human Rights Commission Around 70 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union at the Equality and Human Rights Commission in Manchester protested on Monday lunchtime after bosses announced 50 job cuts.