London Metropolitan Police (UNITE) Strike Calendar
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Latest London Metropolitan Police Industrial Action Updates (2)
Industrial action by Unite members at London's Metropolitan Police Service has been called off, after workers voted to accept an improved pay offer. Over 170 members of Unite working in the MetCC call centre and in the force’s fleet were due to walk out from 19 to 24 January in a dispute around pay, but this was postponed to allow them to vote on an improved offer from the employer. They had previously taken strike action on New Year's Eve.
The dispute was a result of the fact that Met police officers had already been in receipt of a 4.2 per cent pay rise, along with police staff and officers elsewhere in the country. However, Unite members at the Met were only offered parity in exchange for drastic and detrimental changes to their terms and conditions. Following negotiations they will now receive the 4.2 per cent pay rise in line with other police forces, backdated to 1 August 2025, without any changes to terms and conditions. They will also receive a one-off payment of £900, towards the cost of living and working in London.
There will be disruption to London Metropolitan Police services this New Year's Eve - one of the most hectic days of the year for the UK's biggest force - as 175 workers will walk out in a dispute over pay. The workers, members of Unite, work for Met CC as call centre staff, recording crime reports and also within the Met's fleet services as technicians and office staff servicing and dispatching vehicles such as police cars and motorbikes. They have voted to take 25 hours of strike action starting at 6am on New Year’s Eve as they have not had a pay increase from the Met for 2025/26. This is despite the fact the Met has paid a 4.2 per cent pay rise to police officers and all other forces in the UK have given both police officers and staff the 4.2 per cent increase. Instead, the Met Police has put forward two provisional offers. The first is a below-RPI pay increase of 3.8 per cent, while the second is a 4.2 per cent offer, conditional on workers accepting vastly inferior conditions.
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