Nearly 150 Greenwich council workers will strike for a further four days after the borough brought in “brutal” plans to cut their wages by nearly a third, Unite union has said.
The workers, who are employed within the repairs and investment service department at the London council, will now strike on July 1-2 and July 15-16.Unite has hit out at the Labour-run council for making “thinly veiled threats on fire and rehire” against its members despite the national party committing to abolish the measure.The union added that workers could lose nearly £17,000 from their salary over the next four years following a pay benchmarking exercise by Greenwich council.Workers previously went on strike for two days in June and Unite said members have been left “with little choice but to ramp up their industrial action” after the council refused to negotiate.Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: “Greenwich council's plans are a brutal and unjustified attack on our members' living standards. “Many will be left unable to fulfill their financial obligations such as paying their mortgages and rent. Others will be forced into debt.
