After they were balloted, Border Force staff signed up to the PCS union have voted to strike.
More than 120 staff – who patrol on boats in the English Channel and elsewhere – were balloted and 96% of them voted to strike with a turnout of 80%. In a dispute over a longstanding payment review into extra allowances for certain roles in the force…
Fran Heathcote, PCS’s general secretary, said: “If it takes a highly disruptive strike to shake the employer into its senses, then they are willing to walk out from their patrols to achieve their aims.” When they said stop the boats…