Up to 270,000 civil and public servants from across the UK have been taking strike action, organised by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), in response to proposed changes to the civil service compensation scheme (see emplaw web-updater of 4.2.10) which, the union argues, will "see staff robbed of up to a third of their entitlements and see loyal civil and public servants lose tens of thousands of pounds if they are forced out of a job.
Civil and Public Servants start national 48 hour strike
PCS - 08/03/10
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