Union boss in general strike bid
UNION leaders last night said they were discussing plans to call a general strike.
Thousands of Revenue and Customs workers will go on strike today in the latest phase of industrial action by civil servants in a row over jobs, pensions and terms and conditions.
Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka admitted: "We are definitely having a discussion about generalised strike action.
"What the Government is doing is getting so increasingly unpopular that even a 24-hour strike involving millions of people would be an incredibly important moment."
The PCS, which has more than 50,000 members in HM Revenue and Customs, is staging a half-day walkout until lunchtime, which officials claim will disrupt the start of the new tax year.
Picket lines will be set up outside call centres, processing offices and face-to-face inquiry centres.