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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

G4S strike prompts fears of festive cash shortages at banks and shops

G4S staff loading security van
G4S Cash initially offered members a part-pay freeze, and then offered a 4% pay rise and a lump sum bonus. Photograph: Mar Photographics/Alamy

More than 1,000 security workers who deliver cash and coins to some of the UK’s biggest banks and supermarkets have voted to strike in December, raising the prospect of potential cash shortages in the run-up to Christmas.

The 48-hour strike by 1,156 members of the GMB union who work for the security company G4S is due to take place from 3am on 5 December, after a 97% vote in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay. However, only 665 workers voted in the ballot, a turnout of 58%.

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