PCS Announces Ballot For Strike of 160,000 Civil Servants Over Four-Day-Week

In another snub to the government, the civil service’s main union PCS is gearing up for a national strike ballot of 160,000 pen-pushers across 171 government departments from March 18^th to May 13^th. It’s as if working from home half the week isn’t already enough…

The union’s list of demands include increased annual leave to 35 days, London weighting of a minimum £5,000 per year and of course, “a significant shortening of the working week with no loss of pay.”[…] Read the rest