Massive border strike worries UK officials

British border guards are to strike on July 26, the day before the start of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and London's mayor Boris Johnson have hit out at border guards planning to strike during the 2012 London Olympic Games.

After members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which is the fifth largest trade union in the UK, voted in favor of a 24-hour strike in a dispute over pay and job losses on the eve of the London Olympics, Hunt claimed, “It’s only a minority who really want to do this and I would just ask them to think again."

Moreover, speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Johnson tried to downplay the impact on a potential strike, including the staff of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), the Identity and Passport Service and Criminal Records Bureau, and condemned the action as being “very badly-supported” and "frustrating".