Department for Education workers could strike over job losses just days after bizarre Gemma Collins video
Department for Education workers are facing potential job losses and office relocations, prompting the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union to ballot for industrial action. The union's general secretary expressed concern over the impact of these changes on employees and criticized the lack of flexible working options. This news follows a recent social media appearance by reality TV star Gemma Collins with the Education Secretary.
- ▪Members of the PCS union will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of strikes.
- ▪The potential industrial action is a protest against proposals to close six offices across England.
- ▪PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote stated that workers are being presented with impossible choices regarding their jobs.
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