Civil servants threaten to coordinate strikes as union leader warns some workers are skipping meals

Dave Penman, the General Secretary of the FDA Union, told LBC that junior civil servants have been skipping meals due to the cost of living crisis

Dave Penman, the General Secretary of the FDA Union, which represents civil servants, has told LBC that civil servant graduates, some of whom are supporting government ministers, 'cant afford to eat, or heat'.

The union, which is currently balloting some of its members, said that it was 'unprecedented' that 'some of the brightest and most able graduates in the country' were considering industrial action. The Union also refused to rule out co-ordinated strike action, admitting 'of course we talk to other unions around their action, and whether co-ordination makes sense'.

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