Reading parking chaos continues as strikes escalate
Residents of Reading, Berkshire, are to face further parking chaos as workers in Modaxo take further strike action over pay.
Residents of Reading, Berkshire, are to face further parking chaos in January and February as Unite members in the Modaxo enforcement teams take further strike action over pay.
Nearly 40 civil enforcement officers are to take part in industrial action from 24th to 30th January and from 31st January to 6th February.
They have previously taken strike action in December last year.
Reading council has outsourced parking protection to Modaxo.
The dispute is in relation to Modaxo’s failure to address concerns around rates of pay.
Civil enforcement officers are currently on just £12 per hour which is significantly lower than the rate they would be paid if they were directly employed by the council.
Sharon Graham, general secretary at Unite said: “The parking chaos in Reading is entirely the result of Modaxo’s failure to negotiate.
“It is a huge multinational conglomerate making billions in revenue and yet sees fit to penny-pinch and pay poverty wages to our members in Reading.
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