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Britain / 19 December 2022
Job centre staff strike against office closure, job transfers and redundancies
PCS members on the picket line
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WORKERS at four northern offices of the Department for Work and Pensions walked out on strike today, joining rolling national industrial action by civil servants over pay, pensions and job cuts.

Civil servants’ union PCS launched strikes in Doncaster in South Yorkshire and at three department offices in Merseyside: Toxteth, Duke Street and Liverpool city centre.

Over 1,000 jobs are at risk at the four offices, with the strikes set to continue until December 31.

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