I'm going on strike next week...

[Violet_Crumble]

Losing some pay's going to hurt me financially right now, and I don't think anything's going to change until the Abbott government is gone, but morally I can't cross a picket line and think this round of rolling stoppages by nearly all government agencies including the three largest (ATO, Defence and Human Services) will be more effective than each going on their own like they did a few weeks ago.

CPSU wages social media war as federal public servants take strike action

Work at Commonwealth offices was disrupted and customers were told to consider using online services on the first day of rolling strikes by federal public servants.

The Community and Public Sector Union confirmed 36,000 of its 57,000 members would be eligible to strike in the week from Thursday as it tried to pressure the Abbott government into offering better deals on pay and conditions.

CPSU members from 15 departments and agencies in NSW, Western Australia and the Northern Territory went on strike on Thursday afternoon.

CPSU national secretary Nadine Flood said "this is only the beginning".

Meetings will be held in Coffs Harbour and Alice Springs on Friday and Tasmania on Monday before reaching Canberra on Tuesday.

The CPSU said there had been a strong turnout on day one.

Photos posted to social media by the union appeared to show that a Customs office in Western Australia was shut while a sign warned customers at Centrelink in Mirrabooka of delays because of industrial action.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/cpsu-wages-social-media-war-as-federal-public-servants-take-strike-action-20150618-ghrg5r.html