More than 1,000 G4S cash handlers vote for strike action

More than 1,000 cash workers will vote on strike action after bosses offered them a real terms pay cut.

GMB members are angry after being offered a deal as low as 1.4 per cent in some cases, while G4S’s directed competitor Loomis offered workers 4.6 per cent earlier this year.

The ballot begins today [Thursday] and ends on 21 March.

GMB Members working for G4S Cash deliver millions of pounds each week across the country to banks and businesses – a dangerous job which leaves them open to attack.

If the workers went on strike, ATMs might be left without cash, while airports may run out of foreign currency.

Eamon O’Hearn, GMB National Officer, said, “G4S cash workers face rising inflation – the offer from the company amounts to a real term pay cut.

“G4S is the most successful UK cash company, slashing costs during the past year thanks to the hard work of GMB members.

“Now they’re calling on the company G4S to share the savings and give them a proper pay rise.”