Dozens of Bromley Parking Wardens to protest outside council meeting

Dozens of GMB members employed as parking wardens will protest outside the full council meeting of London Borough of Bromley tonight.

The outsourced workers are employed by the council’s contractor APCOA, a multi-million pound, multi-national company.

The members were taking a third day of action today, after no further pay offers were made by the company since their last strike.

Craig Prickett, GMB Regional Organiser said:

“Bromley’s PCN income has surged and APCOA has received more than £5.3 million in inflation uplifts, yet some of the officers delivering this service are using food banks and working multiple jobs.

“Much of the rejected pay rise would only have raised some staff just above the legal minimum wage, meaning APCOA attempted to present a statutory requirement as if it were a genuine uplift.

“One of the members will be asking a question of the Councillors tonight, so let’s hope they listen, take some action and insist their contractor settles this dispute in good time for Christmas.”

The question being asked tonight is as follows:

“APCOA Civil Enforcement Officers in Bromley, like myself, play a key role identifying stolen blue badges. What is Bromley Council doing to ensure we are paid a fair wage for the important work we do?”