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Hundreds of DVLA staff out on Covid safety strike action
HUNDREDS of staff at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will launch a four-day strike today in a dispute over Covid-related safety.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at the site in Swansea, south Wales, will walk out until Friday after talks failed to resolve the dispute.
The union said that those involved will include operational staff, who have not been working from home during the pandemic.
Walkout follows long-running dispute over sacking
The NHS continues to say Covid spreads primarily through ‘droplet and touch’ while the WHO emphasises airborne transmission, meaning vulnerable patients and healthcare workers face unnecessary risks, reports RUTH HUNT