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28/07/2014
Passport Office Workers Go On Strike
Passport Office employees are to strike over pay and staff shortages today.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) are claiming they need extra staff following a backlog in processing applications.
PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka said: "The staffing crisis in the Passport Office has been obvious for everyone to see and it shouldn't have taken a committee of MPs to force the chief executive to meet us to discuss it.
"We are still a long way off getting a commitment from the agency that it will work with us to put the proper resources in place to ensure these backlogs do not reoccur year after year."
The Home Office also said that the strike could affect people's summer holidays.
(CD/JP)
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) are claiming they need extra staff following a backlog in processing applications.
PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka said: "The staffing crisis in the Passport Office has been obvious for everyone to see and it shouldn't have taken a committee of MPs to force the chief executive to meet us to discuss it.
"We are still a long way off getting a commitment from the agency that it will work with us to put the proper resources in place to ensure these backlogs do not reoccur year after year."
The Home Office also said that the strike could affect people's summer holidays.
(CD/JP)
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