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Jobcentres to close on election day as GMB and PCS security guards hold joint strikes
A Jobcentre Plus sign, September 16, 2014
HUNDREDS more jobcentre security guards will go on strike on election day as the Public and Communication Services (PCS) and GMB unions hold joint walkouts over pay.
More than 200 PCS members will strike for four days “to welcome the new government” and join more than 1,500 GMB members on their 23rd strike day today.
Both sets of workers are employed by outsourcing giant G4S at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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