A union representing more than 100,000 civil servants has voted to strike in a dispute over pay, pensions and jobs.
The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), one of the largest unions in the UK, said the legal threshold for industrial action had been reached in 126 separate areas, covering workers including driving test examiners, border force officials and Jobcentre staff.
The union has warned that unless it receives “substantial proposals” from the government, it will announce a programme of “sustained industrial action” on 18 November.
Not all of those affiliated with the union voted to take industrial action.
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The union’s general secretary Mark Serwotka said: “The government must look at the huge vote for strike action across swathes of the civil service and realise it can no longer treat its workers with contempt.
“Our members have spoken and if the government fails to listen to them,…
