Ballot at Gateshead company on improved pay offer
18 October 2010
Unite members at Tyneside Safety Glass will be balloted on a
‘significantly improved’ pay offer.
And as a result, two weeks of continuous strike action due to
have begun today (18 October 2010) has been called off at the
Gateshead company, pending consultation and a ballot of our
members.
Unite assistant general secretary, Tony Burke, said: ”The
company has made a significantly improved pay offer and there has
also been progress on working conditions. The strike action has
been called off.
”Unite strongly recommends the improved offer and the fathers of
the chapel (shop stewards) will be briefing members this week on
the proposals and then there will be a ballot. The workforce should
be congratulated on their firm stance and resolution during this
dispute.
Seventy-three Unite members at Tyneside Safety Glass, Team
Valley, began their dispute on 20 September 2010, after the company
imposed a second year of pay freezes, combined with changes to
shift patterns which in some cases could have added ten hours to
the working week, taking Unite members up to the maximum 48 hour
working week.
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