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Jobcentre security guards take strike action over pay 
Signage for a Jobcentre Plus

OVER 1,000 jobcentre security guards who work for private contractor G4S are going on strike today in a dispute over pay.

Members of GMB will walk out for 24 hours, in what will be the fourth time that they’ve been forced to take industrial action.

GMB national officer Eamon O’Hearn said: “These workers do a very dangerous, difficult job.

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