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Mark Serwotka of PCS union says Border Force strikes could continue for another six months

Good morning. The advent calender of strikes continues to deliver, and this morning Border Force officials have started their industrial action (joining Royal Mail workers, who are on strike again, and who aren’t delivering). My colleague Gwyn Topham has the details here.

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, was on the Today programme this morning and he warned the dispute could carry on for six months. He told the programme:

We think that the action at the borders is going to be very effective. We hope that the government will therefore do the right thing and get around the negotiating table and put some money upfront.

But if not, we are raising money, we have a strike fund that means we can sustain this action.

It think in January what you will see is a huge escalation of this action in the civil service and across the rest of our economy unless the government get around the negotiating table.

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​Mark Serwotka of PCS union says Border Force strikes could continue for another six months Good morning. The advent calender of strikes continues to deliver, and this morning Border Force officials have started their industrial action (joining Royal Mail workers, who are on strike again, and who aren’t delivering). My colleague Gwyn Topham has the details here.Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, was on the Today programme this morning and he warned the dispute could carry on for six months. He told the programme:We think that the action at the borders is going to be very effective. We hope that the government will therefore do the right thing and get around the negotiating table and put some money upfront.But if not, we are raising money, we have a strike fund that means we can sustain this action. It think in January what you will see is a huge escalation of this action in the civil service and across the rest of our economy unless the government get around the negotiating table. Continue reading…