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Staff at UK luxury store Harrods vote to strike

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December 14, 2024

Hundreds of staff at London's luxury department store Harrods will walk out just days before Christmas, a union said Friday, in a row over pay and working conditions.

The strike at the store -- whose late former owner Mohamed Al-Fayed is now accused of being a serial sex offender -- will target some of its busiest retail days on December 21 and 22 as well as December 26, or Boxing Day, traditionally the launch of the busy end-of-year sales.

Workers including shop, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning staff had "no option" but to vote to strike "as Harrods' management refuses to recognise or engage with their union for negotiations," the United Voices of the World UVW union said in a statement.