Mr O’Connor added: “Over the last four years, we’ve lost around 80,000 jobs in total.
“You could be looking at a further 80,000 to 100,000 of job cuts, so the issue for us is not just in terms of our members being robbed of their contractual entitlements, it makes it a lot easier for them to cut jobs in future.”
The dispute has disrupted work at courts, Jobcentres, tax offices, border control centres and passport offices across Merseyside.
Up to 270,000 civil servants were expected to take part in the action across the UK – the biggest industrial action by the Service’s members since 1987.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said “There is incredible anger among hard-working public servants who are seeing their terms ripped up.
“The strike will show how vital these people are to the running of our society. Those on strike today deliver services that touch our everyday lives from the cradle to the grave.”
