Engineers at Tyne and Wear Metro are making ready to take strike motion for a greater pay deal.
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Unite has revealed on Tuesday, November 7, that its members working as engineers on the Tyne and Wear Metro system are making ready to take strike motion over pay.
The engineers are employed by Stadler Rail, which Unite claims has did not make a good pay provide regardless of seeing a rise of 13.4% in their very own funding from Nexus.
The union has additionally said that Stadler is seeking to make “adverse changes” to pay anniversay dates.
As a consequence, engineering employees began an additional time ban on Monday, November 6, with a brand new pay provide already been made by Stadler Rail.
Unite has confirmed that this provide is at the moment into account by members however the union has made it clear that except the provide is accepted, industrial motion will begin on Monday, November 20, for one week.
Should strike motion take place, the union isn’t ruling out additional strikes at later dates, with the poll on the brand new pay provide set to shut at 12pm on Thursday, November 9.
Sharon Graham, Unite basic secretary, mentioned: “Stadler received an above inflation increase in funding from the Nexus transport group which is publicly funded.
“Yet it is refusing to offer a decent pay rise to our members who do highly skilled and safety critical work.
“Stadler need to take a long hard look at itself and think about our members who keep the trains running on the Newcastle Metro.”
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Craig Cuggy, Unite regional officer, has warned that the union is not going to hesitate to take strike motion ought to the pay provide be rejected.
He added: “Our members have been forced into this action by an employer that is hoarding the increase in funding it was given from the public purse.
“Workers are considering a new offer from Stadler but if rejected we won’t hesitate to head to the picket line in the fight for fair pay.”
It is unclear right now how Tyne and Wear Metro companies will probably be impacted ought to the strike motion go forward.
