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A walkout by civil servants in protest
at the sacking of four trade union
members at the GCHQ monitoring centre
is disrupting distribution of benefits.
Thj action was takjn by about 20 staff
ay the Social Security Computing Centre
at Livingston near Edinburgh, which
serves all Scotland and parts of
northern England.
About half a million civil servants are
to be balloted on a one-day protest
strikj against the GCHQ sackings.
Thj strike, on November 7, has been
dubbed GCHQ Day by the TUC.
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