{"id":19911,"date":"2020-01-31T15:42:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T15:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=19911"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:54:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:54:32","slug":"harrods-security-guards-majority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=19911","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Last chance saloon&#8217; for Harrods management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Members of Unite, employed as security guards and CCTV operators at the Harrods store in Knightsbridge have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay and unpaid work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The workers returned a 97 per cent vote in favour of strike action on an 84 per cent turnout.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute is a result of Harrods\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 management imposing a below inflation pay offer on the workers, which had been decisively rejected by members in a consultative ballot, rather than return to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute also concerns workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 opposition to being required to undertake unpaid work. Before each shift the workers have to attend separate location 15 minutes before they start work and stay behind after their shift to collect and drop off rotas, keys and DNA spray.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once every eight weeks the workers are required to attend an unpaid \u00e2\u20ac\u0098training day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 which also forms part of the dispute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harrods\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 management now have a final opportunity to submit an improved pay offer and end the injustice of the unpaid work in order to avoid strike action taking place for the first time in the shop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite regional officer Balvinder Bir said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe stonking majority in favour of strike action underlines our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 strength of feeling on these issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHarrods management are now drinking in the last chance saloon. Only by making an improved pay offer and ending the injustice of unpaid work, can they avoid strike action.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIf strikes go ahead then it will greatly disrupt the smooth running of the prestigious store and will embarrass Harrods\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 brand nationally and internationally.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harrods is owned by the Qatari sovereign wealth fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Unite, employed as security guards and CCTV operators at the Harrods store in Knightsbridge have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay and unpaid work. &nbsp; The workers returned a 97 per cent vote in favour of strike action on an 84 per cent turnout. &nbsp; The dispute is a result [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1282,132],"wps_subtitle":"Harrods security guards deliver \u00e2\u20ac\u0098stonking majority\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in favour of strike action","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19911"}],"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=19911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24736,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19911\/revisions\/24736"}],"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=19911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}