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| Prison officers' strike is over | Prison officers' strike is over |
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| Unofficial strike action among hundreds of prison officers in England has been called off after officers at HMP Liverpool agreed to return to work. | Unofficial strike action among hundreds of prison officers in England has been called off after officers at HMP Liverpool agreed to return to work. |
| Hundreds had been on a picket line outside HMP Liverpool on a second day of unofficial action over claims of bullying and harassment. | Hundreds had been on a picket line outside HMP Liverpool on a second day of unofficial action over claims of bullying and harassment. |
| They were joined by staff from jails in Lancashire, Cheshire and Dorset who walked out on Tuesday. | They were joined by staff from jails in Lancashire, Cheshire and Dorset who walked out on Tuesday. |
| The Prison Officers' Association (POA) confirmed officers would be returning. | The Prison Officers' Association (POA) confirmed officers would be returning. |
| About 150 officers from Risley Prison, near Warrington, joined in the action as well as staff at Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Farms and Verne prison. | About 150 officers from Risley Prison, near Warrington, joined in the action as well as staff at Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Farms and Verne prison. |
| 'Bullying and harassment' | |
| Mark Freeman, deputy general secretary from the POA, said they had now all returned to work. | |
| Mr Freeman said the POA had wanted a meeting with the Prisons Board "to discuss the bullying and harassment by the senior managers at HMP Liverpool". That meeting will now take place on Monday. | |
| He told BBC News: "The Prison Service, after 25 hours, gave us what we asked for on the very first hour of this walkout. | |
| "If they had given it to us then (in the first hour) none of the other prisons would have walked out." | |
| Brendan Barber, general secretary from the TUC, will also attend the meeting. | Brendan Barber, general secretary from the TUC, will also attend the meeting. |
| The Prison Service, which earlier condemned the unofficial action as "wrong and unsafe", is yet to comment on the latest development. | |
| The dispute centres on an employment tribunal brought by one of the POA's members against the Prison Service in September. | |
| It said both the governor of the prison and a deputy governor were "heavily criticised" by the chairman of the tribunal. |