‘We haven’t had a pay rise in two years - I’m struggling to pay my mortgage and can’t afford to retire’
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Jobcentre security guard has said he ‘can’t afford to retire’ and is ‘struggling’ to pay his mortgage after not receiving a pay rise in two years.
Christopher Loftus, who works at the Jobcentre on Union Street, Oldham, and is a member of the GMB Union, is one of more than 1,400 security guards across the UK employed by the security company G4S who have walked out this week in a dispute over pay.
The 64-year-old said: “It’s been well over two years with no pay rise and we’re on basic pay. Everything's gone up but the wages haven’t gone up.
I’ve been doing this job since 2009.” READ MORE: British teen, 19, missing in Tenerife as family and friends launch desperate appeal On what impact getting a pay rise would have, Christopher, from Oldham, said: “Financially I’d be better off - I could pay my mortgage, I’m struggling to pay that at the minute.
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