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Entertainment union BECTU and Curzon Cinemas have finally signed a voluntary recognition agreement on behalf of 150 staff covering negotiation and consultation. The campaign for recognition was driven by the fact that many staff there are on very low pay and zero-hour contracts (see also Workplace Report, December 2014).

The company is working on plans to increase revenues to enable it to pay all staff the London Living Wage as soon as possible “without it tipping the company from its current break-even position into loss making”.

BECTU general secretary Gerry Morrissey said: “We look forward to working with the company to ensure that all employees are paid a Living Wage when possible.”