Job Centre security guards who say they are “attacked with alarming regularity just for doing their job” are set to start a week-long strike.
Hundreds of Job Centre security guards across Yorkshire and the North East will begin a week long walk out today as a pay dispute escalates. The guards - employed by private outsourcing firm G4S - will walk out from today until Saturday, July 6, in Leeds and across the regions; with picket lines being held at the branches on York Road and in Pudsey.
“G4S has been handed millions by the Government, yet our members can barely afford to feed their families. “The work they do is hard; they are attacked with alarming regularity just for doing their job. Sign up for our free newsletters today “The least they expect is to be paid a proper wage.” A G4S spokesperson said: 'Our dedicated security colleagues do a great job and support an essential public service, sometimes in difficult circumstances.
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