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HUNDREDS of workers at the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) have launched fresh industrial action in a long-running dispute over Covid-related safety.

PCS union members at the DVLA site in Swansea went on strike today and will be on the picket line until Saturday.

The union warned it is entering a new phase of sustained and targeted industrial unrest for months to come.

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