Fresh strike action at Swansea's DVLA

There'll be 6 days of walkouts later this month

The DVLA in Swansea
Author: Alan Jones, PA; Lauren JonesPublished 7th Feb 2023

Hundreds of people working for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) medical team are to strike for six days as part of the long-running civil service dispute.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) in Swansea and Birmingham will take action from February 20 to 25.

The workers assess people's ability to drive before granting them a driving licence.

The strike is part of the union's national dispute over pay, pensions, redundancy terms and job security.

PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "PCS members took well-supported strike action a month ago at DVLA, but nothing has changed since.

"Ministers have refused to put any money on the table and until they do, we will continue to escalate our action in more and more government departments.

"Our members, who have been offered just a 2% pay rise at a time when inflation is around 10%, have had enough of being taken for granted by a government that could stop this dispute tomorrow if it wanted."

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