BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 05:29:00
There is an interesting distinction here though. these workers don't officially have a union so have organised the protests themselves. why? well, they're being offered a pay rise of between 35p and 50p an hour, about three to 5%. and that would take wages to betweeen £10.50 and £11.45 an hour. that's a pound or more above the highest living wage. but some staff say that's not enough. more than 1000 employees across different sites took action last week, walking out or sitting in, or working more slowly. to put it in context that's 1,000 out of 70,000 staff. what they want is a £2 per hour ...