DVLA strike hits HGVs
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• HGV licence applications and registrations were disrupted by a one-day strike at Swansea's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency last Friday (30 October).
Members of the civil servants' union CPSA voted to stop work in protest at privatisation plans.
The union says that details of the plans had been revealed in a leaked document from DVLA chief executive Stephen Curtis. The other main union at the centre, the National Union of Civil and Public Servants, voted against strike action.
CPSA claims that most of the vehicle registration offices across the country were closed and says work at the centre was severely hampered. "The union chose to strike on that day as it is the busiest of the month when truck and car dealers come in with new registrations," it says.
But the DVLA denies offices were closed. "We are running as near normal as we possibly can and we do not expect much delay in processing HGV licence applications," it says.
But the DVLA admits that the telephone service was "severely curtailed". Drivers with queries were told to ring back after the weekend.