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FCA Staff Play Bob Marley, Protest for Pay Rise in U.K. Strike Action
Financial Conduct Authority staff waved placards and called for better pay while blasting “Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley from a small sound system during the first strike in the watchdog’s nine-year history. Around 30 staff and union officials carried union flags and chanted “exploitation ain’t the way, employees deserve their pay,” beneath the regulator’s east London headquarters on Wednesday morning. Accompanied by representatives from labor union Unite, employees held placards reading “I’d rather be regulating.” Tension has been mounting between the union and the regulator as Chief Executive ... (full story)