it s the job of 1,900 people to examine people s passport applications. the pcs union says more than 1,500 of them could go on strike 200 of them joined the union today. they ll be striking for six days a week for five weeks starting on april 3rd at offices across the uk. the dispute is mostly about pay the government has given civil servants a 2 3% rise this year the pcs civil service union says it should be more like 10%. the union says it has a multi million pound fund to pay striking workers their wages throughout the five weeks. i would rather not have a single day of action and the government s got two weeks before the passport offices come out on strike. and the question i d like them to answer is why have they had talks with the health unions and reached a settlement? why are they having talks with the education unions but they refuse to have talks with their own workforce? the people they rely on to deliver every the people they rely on to deliver every single aspect of
Unite said more than 1,400 of its members employed by Heathrow Airports Ltd (HAL) will take 10 days of strike action from March 31 after voting in favour of walkouts.
more than 1,000 members of the pcs union will take part in the action from early april. the union has warned it s likely to have what it calls a significant impact on the delivery of passports this summer. i am nowjoined in the studio by travel and aviation journalist and analyst, sally gethin. selleck, first of all what sort of industrial action is this? this selleck, first of all what sort of industrial action is this?- selleck, first of all what sort of industrial action is this? this is a roblem industrial action is this? this is a problem that has industrial action is this? this is a problem that has been industrial action is this? this is a problem that has been rumbling | industrial action is this? this is a i problem that has been rumbling on for about six months. the civil servants that stop the passport offices complain they are not getting paid enough. the government has offered 2.4% but they want 10% and betterjob security. the government is saying it will cost £2.4