‘Extremely angry’ police helpdesk staff could strike due to plans to cut hours
Natalie Ratcliffe, of UNISON, says staff cannot afford to have a £4,600 cut to their salaries.
Until now, staff have received an allowance on top of their basic salary for working evenings or weekends. A planned restructuring of the help desk rota pattern will do away with this allowance, and organisers say this loss in earnings could have a major impact on employees, and that staff could end up working beyond their normal shift but only get paid overtime.
Organiser Natalie Ratcliffe said:"We understand savings have to be made, and these are Government-imposed."What could end up happening here is that you’ll have police officers on the help desk, so they won’t be out on the streets policing."There are police buildings that are just left empty. They could sell them and make some revenue off that.
"Balloting for strike action is a last resort, and [WYP should] come back to the table – the last thing we want is people from WYP to be on strike. It’s a last resort, but people can’t afford these kinds of pay cuts.”
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