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Border Force officials to walk out for eight days over Christmas

Government
James Chapple
7 December 2022

Border Force workers at six major UK airports will walk out for eight days over the Christmas period, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has confirmed.

1. Get the country ready for changes to passport rules

The action will run until 7am on Friday (Credit: iStock)

Around 15,000 Border Force members of the PCS union voted in favour of strike action last month in a dispute over pay pensions, jobs and redundancy.

The union on Wednesday (7 December) confirmed members would walk out over from 23-26 December and again from 28-31 December.

Action will take place at six UK airports – Birmingham, Cardiff, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow (Terminals 2-5) and Manchester – as well as at the Port of Newhaven.

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS union, said the strikes would have a "major effect" on people using the UK’s public services.