Union members at the Bureau of Meteorology are planning rolling strikes.

Reports say they will try to target the industrial action at times that will cause the most disruption.

CPSU deputy secretary Beth Vincent-Pietsch said the strikes will run until Tuesday, November 21, “in response to management's refusal to drop cuts to rights and conditions that other government agencies have dropped”.

CPSU deputy secretary Beth Vincent-Pietsch says staff have already taken about 10 weeks of action since July.

Previous actions included restrictions on answering the phone and handling media inquiries, but continuing to provide weather forecasting services.

“We all want a deal by Christmas but we are not tired enough to accept something sub-standard that sends workers backwards,” Ms Vincent-Pietsch said

“BoM management says they've backed off enough ugly cuts to get this over the line. We say the core cuts left on the table are the ones that matter.

“We continue to negotiate in good faith and we've put viable options for settlement forward. But BoM bosses are still insisting on pushing unreasonable cuts to existing rights and conditions, and particularly targeting essential front-line staff working shifts and in remote locations.

“The simple way to end this is for the weather bureau to follow the lead set by the many other agencies that have resolved bargaining this year, including the tax office, Defence, Agriculture, CSIRO and Prime Minister and Cabinet. New deals have been voted up in these places because the bosses have recognised that retaining hard-fought rights and conditions is of critical importance to staff.

“We've asked the executive to use the assistance of Fair Work and they've said no. We've asked them to head back to the bargaining table and improve the offer and they've said no. We've asked them to give workers the same as other APS agencies and they've said no,” Ms Vincent-Pietsch said.