Camden traffic wardens celebrate pay deal after 59 days of strike action

The new deal will see pay increased from £12.70 an hour to £15 an hour, backdated from April 2023. This is a significant improvement on the original 57p per hour increase that had been offered by the employer. From April 2024 traffic wardens will receive £15.90 an hour. In April 2025 there will be a further increase of either 60p an hour or the RPI rate of inflation. As a consequence, by 2025 staff will be on a minimum hourly rate of £16.50. More than 100 workers took part in the successful, eight-week industrial action, a final escalation in their long-running dispute with NSL, Camden Council’s private contractor. The wardens, who are mainly low-paid Black staff, work outdoors for 42.5 hours a week, in all weather, and were classified as key workers during the pandemic. They regularly receive racist abuse for carrying out their work. UNISON steward Emmanuel said: “I’m proud of the union as we end our 59 days of strike action. This is my first time taking indefinite strike action, and I saw the spirit and tenacity of members. New members joined us and boosted the strike action. We were there in the heat, cold and rain marching through Camden. “I believe collective action is the key to a successful strike, there is strength in unity.” Strikers picket Marston Holdings head office in Birmingham As well as picketing Camden Council, strikers also picketed the head office of Marston Holdings, the parent company to NSL. UNISON members from Birmingham and Sandwell local...
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