St. Mungo’s workers end strike
Workers at homelessness charity St. Mungo’s will return to work on 4 September, after they voted to end a three-month strike and accept their employer’s latest pay offer. Unite says the offer is based on a £3,125 flat-rate increase, which St. Mungo’s says is equivalent to an increase of between seven and 15% depending on pay grade. The settlement also includes other concessions from the employer, including three additional annual leave days, the scrapping of renewed probationary periods following internal moves, and a freeze on executive pay for 2023/4. All of these gains are real and...