BENEFIT STRIKE.THOUSANDS of jobcentre and benefit office workers will launch a 48-hour strike today in a row over pay. Up to 80,000 staff at the Department for Work and Pensions The Department for Work and Pensions (or DWP) (Welsh: Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau) is the largest government department in the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001, from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and are expected to take part, in protest at a below inflation pay offer. It is a sign of worsening unrest in the civil service. The Public and Commercial Services union The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is the sixth largest union trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in positions in government departments and public bodies, although some work in information technology for private companies. said a threeye ardeal was being imposed on workers at an average of one per cent a year. The union said the lowest paid DWP workers will see their wages rise to just 24p above the minimum wage under the deal. Jobcentres, benefits offices, the pension service and the Child Support Agency will all be hit. |
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