CONTINUING a combination of targeted and all-member strike action will “help to build further pressure on Tory ministers and employers to accede to our reasonable demands,” striking civil servants said today.

Delegates gathered in Brighton for the opening day of the Public & Commercial Services (PCS) union’s annual conference backed a motion which endorsed national executive calls for the “flexible” approach to remain in place.

The strategy, which has seen a small number of members downing tools across more than 100 employers alongside national strike days – such as on February 1 when 100,000 civil servants walked out – helps to protect the lowest-paid who lose a day’s wages when they strike, PCS president Fran Heathcote has argued.