FCA staff vote to strike over pay in 'historic first'

Unite the Union confirms the regulator's staff have opted for industrial action

Julia Bahr
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Stratford, London: Location of the FCA's headquarters
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Stratford, London: Location of the FCA's headquarters

Unite the Union, which represents staff at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has revealed FCA staff have voted to support industrial action.

The news comes after staff voted in an indicative ballot called at the end of January by Unite, which accused management at the regulator of embarking on a programme of "severe cost-cutting". Th...

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