Picketing ends after Hackney Picturehouse staff and BECTU members went on strike again last night over low pay rates.
Yesterday’s protests caused interruptions to cinemagoers evening plans, leaving many Harry Potter enthusiasts hoping to catch the latest addition in the JK Rowling series disappointed.
Cinema Workers are calling on Hackney Picturehouse to pay its staff a minimum of £9.75 an hour – a figure calculated as the basic cost of living in London over the cinema’s refusal to pay London Living Wage.
Courtesy of A Living Wage for Hackney Picturehouse
The strike is one in a series of actions taken since September, with no concrete agreement reached between BECTU and Picturehouse. Picturehouse Cinemas, owned by Cineworld Cinemas made a post tax profit of £83.8 million last year.
Alisdair Carned, organiser of the strike said, “everyone deserves a wage that is enough to live on, and that regrettably they have been left with no other option but to strike.”
Harry Potter fans can rejoice in the knowledge that they will finally be able to watch the new J.K. Rowling film ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” tonight as the Hackney Picturehouse returns to business as usual.
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Picketing ends after Hackney Picturehouse staff and BECTU members went on strike again last night over low pay rates.
Yesterday’s protests caused interruptions to cinemagoers evening plans, leaving many Harry Potter enthusiasts hoping to catch the latest addition in the JK Rowling series disappointed.
Cinema Workers are calling on Hackney Picturehouse to pay its staff a minimum of £9.75 an hour – a figure calculated as the basic cost of living in London over the cinema’s refusal to pay London Living Wage.
Courtesy of A Living Wage for Hackney Picturehouse
The strike is one in a series of actions taken since September, with no concrete agreement reached between BECTU and Picturehouse. Picturehouse Cinemas, owned by Cineworld Cinemas made a post tax profit of £83.8 million last year.
Alisdair Carned, organiser of the strike said, “everyone deserves a wage that is enough to live on, and that regrettably they have been left with no other option but to strike.”
Harry Potter fans can rejoice in the knowledge that they will finally be able to watch the new J.K. Rowling film ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” tonight as the Hackney Picturehouse returns to business as usual.
