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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kevin Rawlinson

Security workers at UCL to strike over pay and union recognition

Main building at University College London during an open day.
Two-thirds of the security workers at UCL are due to strike on 14 November. Photograph: Ian Macpherson London/Alamy

Security staff at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities are to walk out over pay and union recognition, their representatives have said, as the cost of living crisis continues to bite.

Workers at University College London (UCL), employed via the contractor Bidvest Noonan, are demanding an increase in their hourly rate that their union says would see them paid the same nominal amount UCL guards got more than 20 years ago – before the jobs were outsourced.

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