Bromley’s traffic wardens are preparing for strike action after their employers made an offer to increase their wages by just 50p per hour.

Ticket price: traffic wardens in Bromley employed by APCOA are threatening strike action

Traffic wardens in Bromley are paid £12.21 an hour. APOCA’s offer would have seen their pay increase to £12.71 an hour, still more than £1 per hour less than the London Living Wage of £13.85 per hour.

Other councils, such as Croydon, adopted the London Living Wage as a minimum for its and its contractors’ workers more than 10 years ago.

The workers’ union, the GMB, said it would give notice of industrial action unless Bromley and APCOA, which runs the council’s parking enforcement services, table a “meaningful, backdated pay offer”.

APCOA traffic wardens in Bromley say that their employer has already threatened to bring in workers from other areas to cover in the case of strike action.

In a GMB ballot, 97% of members have rejected the pay offer.

Craig Prickett, the GMB’s regional organiser, said: “The sheer strength of the result shows the depth of frustration among staff who say APCOA has failed to put forward a meaningful pay offer that properly reflects their hard work and the increasing cost of living.

“We’re calling on APCOA and Bromley Council to return to the table with a fair pay deal, backdated to April, as has been agreed in previous years.

“GMB members are stronger than ever and will not hesitate to act to secure the respect and fair pay they deserve.

“Unless significant progress is made, GMB will move to confirm strike dates in the coming days.”

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