The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said members working for Initial and ISS contractors would walkout for 48 hours from 05:30 GMT on 31 December.
Just for fun, we sent Paul Siegert for a walk on the South Downs and set him the task of workingout just how many quangos have a say in some of Sussex's most iconic views - the answer is rather shocking.
"This gave more workers a lot more power vis-a-vis management, " he says, adding that while people were desperate to have jobs in the '90s, today they may walkout of a factory if they don't like their job or the working conditions.