Amey bosses celebrated profits while offering below-inflation pay rises
by Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#62EEQ)
Accidentally launched video shows executives at outsourcing giant discussing 92m rise in profit amid union pay row
Bosses at the outsourcing firm Amey celebrated a 500m jump in revenue and 92m rise in profits even as it clashed with workers over a below-inflation pay offer that a union says would shame Scrooge", a video reveals.
The self-described largest strategic supplier to government" employs thousands of staff on outsourced contracts and has been fighting calls from staff including school cleaners, caretakers and bin collectors to be paid the same level as those employed directly by councils.
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