Hundreds of workers at the DVLA have voted for industrial action over Covid-19 health and safety concerns.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at the office in Swansea backed strikes by 71.6% and other forms of industrial action by 76.9% on a turnout of 50.3%.
The union says the office suffered the worst Covid workplace outbreak in the UK with 560 employees testing positive for the virus.
While last month the outbreak was declared officially over more than 2,000 staff have been going into the workplace every day.
Following a multi-agency meeting held on Wednesday, February 24, Public Health Wales announced there have been "no linked cases amongst staff at the Swansea contact centre within the last 28 days".
The cluster, which was confirmed at the Swansea offices in December, the outbreak saw members of the 6,000-strong staff reveal they felt 'scared' to go to work and speak out against unhygienic conditions and lack of social distancing at the site, which had as many as 100 people working together on the same floor.
One employee also died during the same period and it's thought that came after testing positive for Covid-19 – prompting calls for a full investigation to take place.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "This result is a damning indictment on DVLA management in their abject failure to keep staff safe.
"Our members have sent a loud and clear message that they are not safe at their place of work. The strength of feeling amongst staff comes as no surprise, given the management's disregard for the safety of their workers.
"Our members have been forced into this position and industrial action will take place unless management immediately implements all necessary changes to ensure staff are safe at work."
The union say they will seek to meet with management before deciding its next move.
PCS said it wants to see the numbers on site reduced to hundreds with vulnerable people sent to work from home or put on special paid leave.
A DVLA spokesman said: “DVLA has followed and implemented Welsh Government guidance at every single point throughout the pandemic having consistently worked with Public Health Wales, Environmental Health, and Swansea Bay Health Board to introduce a wide range of safety measures.
"This has enabled DVLA staff to continue to deliver essential services to the public right across the UK in a Covid-19 secure way.”
“Any industrial action is likely to have a detrimental impact on motorists as we begin the first stages of the roadmap out of lockdown and the UK vaccination rollout programme is in full swing. We hope that PCS will consider this impact when deciding how it wishes to proceed.
“Cases of Covid-19 among DVLA staff remain low and currently there are just five positive cases, including those working from home, out of a workforce of more than 6,000.”
Under the Welsh Government's alert level four restrictions people are encouraged to work from home where possible.
