{"id":19780,"date":"2020-01-13T15:41:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=19780"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:54:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:54:35","slug":"harrods-security-guards-strike-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=19780","title":{"rendered":"Harrods staff: treat us fairly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Security officers and CCTV operators at the iconic Harrods store in Knightsbridge have begun balloting for strike action today (January 13) in a dispute over pay and unpaid work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The workers, who are members of Unite, are angry that Harrods management imposed a below inflation pay increase on them rather than return to the negotiating table, after the workforce overwhelmingly rejected the initial pay offer, in a consultative ballot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute is also a result of the workers being required to work half an hour unpaid every day, as they have to attend a separate location 15 minutes before their shift starts and to stay behind 15 minutes after it ends, to collect and drop off rotas, radio, keys and DNA spray.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The workers are also required to undertake an additional unpaid \u00e2\u20ac\u0098training day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 every eight weeks, an issue which also forms part of the dispute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ballot closes on Wednesday, January 29 and if members vote for industrial action, strikes are likely to begin next month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Given the prestigious nature of the store, which is owned by the Qatari sovereign wealth fund, a strike by security officers and CCTV operators will cause a great deal of disruption at the store.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite members at Harrods are fed up of being treated with disdain by the management at the store,&#8221; said Unite regional officer Balvinder Bir. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members are essential in creating the aura and security that Harrods and its clientele rely upon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIf Harrods wants to avoid strike action then it needs to return to the negotiating table to ensure workers are treated fairly.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite secured formal union recognition for the security officers and CCTV operators earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security officers and CCTV operators at the iconic Harrods store in Knightsbridge have begun balloting for strike action today (January 13) in a dispute over pay and unpaid work. &nbsp; The workers, who are members of Unite, are angry that Harrods management imposed a below inflation pay increase on them rather than return to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[1282,506,768],"wps_subtitle":"Harrods security guards in historic strike vote over pay and unpaid work","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24779,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19780\/revisions\/24779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}