Leeds City Council workers have hit out at the local authority as the price of a fish and chip supper has usurped their hourly rate, it has been claimed.
Leeds Live met council workers, who all wished to remain anonymous, during their monthly fish and chips meet up. The group of plumbers and a painter meet up for their favourite lunch after pay day on the 16th of each month when they’ve finally “got a bit of money in our pocket”.
They’ve described the meal as a “luxury” as they can only afford once a month, unhappy with the council's blanket £26,000 salary for skilled workers. This comes to an hourly rate of £13.33 for a 37 hour contract, which wouldn’t even cover haddock, chips, peas and curry sauce and drink in many establishments across the city.
