06.12.2021 HARRODS

Harrods workers cancel Xmas strike after winning 25% pay rise

Christmas strike averted at luxury department store with hundreds of restaurant workers declaring victory in pay dispute after accepting pay rises of almost a third. Harrods’ offer to take pay above the London Living Wage came days into a ballot for strike action which could have seen workers walk out over the festive period. Before United Voices of the World (UVW) began this dispute, the Qatari royal’s department store had been paying restaurant workers poverty wages of around £9 an hour

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