Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) on the picket line outside HMRC Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh, as civil servants in 132 Government departments walk out in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Picture date: Thursday March 16, 2023.
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CIVIL SERVANTS forced to cover for striking colleagues might themselves be balloted for industrial action, their union has announced.
Under current contracts, Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union members working for HM Revenue & Customs “surge and rapid response teams” (SRTT) can be ordered to work in other government departments.
The union, which is currently embroiled in an increasingly bitter six-month national dispute over pay, pensions, redundancies and job security, has repeatedly warned that the tactic is being used by Tory ministers and employers to undermine its democratically endorsed walkouts.
