Cinema workers in Glasgow have resumed strike action as they seek the real living wage, union recognition and subsidised transport after late shifts.
Staff at VUE St Enoch have been in dispute with the company since late last year, with the strike suspended earlier this month to "test repeated claims that we can achieve a fair settlement through the company's internal procedures".
Unite members are seeking the real living wage (£13.45 per hour) for staff over 18, union recognition and safe subsidised transport home for workers after the end of late shifts, which end at around 2am.
The union said it would present management with a ‘World's Worst Cinema’ award over the unfair and unequal way its workers are being treated as they resume strike action.
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “VUE’s management is trying to force a poor and unfair working environment upon its workers which Unite will not tolerate.
"The workers have Unite’s full support as they begin the latest stage in their campaign for better jobs, pay and conditions.”
VUE Entertainment Limited made a profit amounting to £25.3m in 2024, up from £10.5m in 2023.
Yusuf Kidwai, Unite representative for VUE cinema workers said: "The VUE workers are returning once again to the picket line to continue to demand our real living wage and paid and safe transport home. Workers have called VUE’s bluff, it claimed that all our members' workplace discontent could be solved through its open door policy.
"Not only has it summarily fail to address any of our issues, but workers are being forced to operate in an environment, where attempts to talk about the union are quashed under its bullying and harassment policy, and where treatment for temporary and unionised staff is entirely different.
"Unite members are working in a murky culture of fear and intimidation. VUE has proven that it cannot be trusted to behave like a responsible employer.”
In December, a Vue spokesperson told The Herald that the cinema would not be disrupted by the strikes, remarking: “Our teams are at the heart of our business and are highly valued.
“We continue to have regular meetings and open dialogue with site team members.”
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