Amulet Security (UNITE) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Other
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Nearly 40 members of Unite work for outsourced firm Amulet Security (Churchill Security Solutions) Limited, which took over the contract at the Bank from Mitie Security in February this year.
Previously, Unite has been able to negotiate pay, with talks starting in the summer and pay increases brought in from 1 March. However, Amulet has told Unite it can't afford to fund a pay increase due to taking over the contract earlier this year, adding that any pay award would have to be funded by the Bank of England as the client. Yet after seven months of stringing workers along, the Bank of England only came forward with an eleventh hour pay offer of 3.8 per cent in year one and three per cent in year two. This is a substantial real-terms pay cut, with the current RPI inflation rate standing at 4.5 per cent. Unite members unanimously rejected the offer as strike action got underway yesterday (Thursday 13 Nov) for 24 hours.
Security workers at the Bank of England have unanimously voted to strike after their employer announced a pay freeze. The almost 40 members of Unite work for outsourced firm Amulet Security (Churchill Security Solutions) Limited, which took over the contract at the Bank from Mitie Security in February this year.
Previously, Unite has been able to negotiate pay, with talks starting in the summer and pay increases brought in from 1 March. However, Amulet has told Unite it can't afford to fund a pay increase due to taking over the contract earlier this year, adding that any pay award would have to be funded by the Bank of England as the client. Yet after seven months of stringing workers along, the Bank of England has now refused to give its contract workers at Amulet any form of pay increase this year. This is a substantial real terms pay cut, with the current RPI inflation rate standing at 4.5 per cent.
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