Ealing parking wardens went on strike on 18 February.
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Parking wardens in Ealing have gone on strike after an audio recording revealed the council was pressuring wardens to hand out a set number of tickets per shift.
Managers citing policy from the council’s in-house contractor Greener Ealing Ltd, reportedly threatened parking wardens with disciplinary action if they were unable to give out 10-11 parking tickets per 8-hour shift.
Wardens in Ealing reportedly have to give out more than a ticket an hour.
Greener Ealing Ltd issued a statement saying that they do not enforce targets for staff and that the number of tickets issued per hour was used as one of several performance measures.
Several parking wardens, who are part of Unite the Union, gathered outside the Ealing Council building, demanding that the council recognise their union.
Sharon Graham, Unite the Union General Secretary, said that as well as ripping off local residents over parking, Greener Ealing and the Council were putting workers in danger. Graham added that pressuring wardens to hit unlawful targets was a sure-fire way to increase the abuse and assault the enforcement officers get.
Increasing parking penalties could fuel further tension
The strike comes as Mayor Sadiq Khan signs off on a new proposal, which will see parking penalties increase across the capital.
The hike follows a request by London Councils who say the change will act as a deterrent to “anti-social and obstructive parking”.
Higher-level charges in Band A areas would increase from £130 to £160, and from £110 to £140 in Band B areas.
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Parking wardens in Ealing have gone on strike after an audio recording revealed the council was pressuring wardens to hand out a set number of tickets per shift.
Managers citing policy from the council’s in-house contractor Greener Ealing Ltd, reportedly threatened parking wardens with disciplinary action if they were unable to give out 10-11 parking tickets per 8-hour shift.
Wardens in Ealing reportedly have to give out more than a ticket an hour.
Greener Ealing Ltd issued a statement saying that they do not enforce targets for staff and that the number of tickets issued per hour was used as one of several performance measures.
Several parking wardens, who are part of Unite the Union, gathered outside the Ealing Council building, demanding that the council recognise their union.
Sharon Graham, Unite the Union General Secretary, said that as well as ripping off local residents over parking, Greener Ealing and the Council were putting workers in danger. Graham added that pressuring wardens to hit unlawful targets was a sure-fire way to increase the abuse and assault the enforcement officers get.
Increasing parking penalties could fuel further tension
The strike comes as Mayor Sadiq Khan signs off on a new proposal, which will see parking penalties increase across the capital.
The hike follows a request by London Councils who say the change will act as a deterrent to “anti-social and obstructive parking”.
Higher-level charges in Band A areas would increase from £130 to £160, and from £110 to £140 in Band B areas.
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