Picket lines will be mounted on Monday outside a number of passport offices including Belfast
Passport Office workers are beginning a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions.
Picket lines will be mounted on Monday outside the offices in Glasgow, Durham, Liverpool, Southport, Peterborough, London, Belfast and Newport in Wales.The union said those taking action will be supported by a strike fund. He has accused ministers of treating its own employees differently to others in the public sector after negotiations were held with unions representing health workers and teachers.
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