WORKERS at charity St Mungo’s Broadway (SMB) ended a week-long walkout yesterday with a defiant flourish outside hated chief executive Howard Sinclair’s office.

Strikers bearing Unite union flags descended on SMB’s Hammersmith HQ chanting for the head of the man they say is destroying the organisation’s future.

“Howard Sinclair’s got to go” echoed around the west London street, called by workers who in many cases have spent years caring for people at the fringes of society.

Strikers accused the charity of drafting in untrained security guards to hold the fort during the walkout, which was sparked by plans to slash wages for new project workers by £5,000 — turning the clock back over a decade.

Existing workers say that their wages — around £26,000 a year for a project worker — will be next as managers pursue a cut-price model.

At the same time senior bosses have awarded themselves thousands, with Mr Sinclair’s salary up by £30,000 a year.

Unite convener Adam Lambert said it was “pure redistribution of wealth” and added that people were furious at plans that threatened the unique support services provided by the part-charitable organisation.

St Mungo’s quality model had produced surpluses for 16 years, he said, while new managers drafted in from Broadway — the subject of a recent takeover by St Mungo’s — had overseen losses for four years by trying to undercut the competition.

Ms Marcus said staff had only taken action as a last resort when “faced with an extremely controlling management that wants to force down our members’ relatively modest wages and employment conditions, while bosses give themselves huge pay hikes.”

Unions warned of further action if managers do not agree to constructive talks.