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Workers 'incensed' as strike looms at Hanson
15:16 19 Feb 2003
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TGWU and GMB union leaders have started procedures to call a ballot
for industrial action at Hanson following the overwhelming
rejection of a pay offer to the company's brick manufacturing
operatives.
GMB national secretary Alan Black said the pay offer had been rejected by a 10:1 majority. He forecast that strike action could hit brick supplies just as site activity picks up for the spring.
Black said the workers were particularly incensed because the company had reneged on last year's agreement that gave an extra day's holiday. The actual pay offer was worth about 2.8% over 12 months.
TGWU national secretary Bob Blackman said: "We are now seeking another ballot for industrial action." He said the company had sought to claim that the extra day's holiday was granted for last year alone and that there was a misunderstanding about its being retained. "That's nonsense," said Blackman.
GMB national secretary Alan Black said the pay offer had been rejected by a 10:1 majority. He forecast that strike action could hit brick supplies just as site activity picks up for the spring.
Black said the workers were particularly incensed because the company had reneged on last year's agreement that gave an extra day's holiday. The actual pay offer was worth about 2.8% over 12 months.
TGWU national secretary Bob Blackman said: "We are now seeking another ballot for industrial action." He said the company had sought to claim that the extra day's holiday was granted for last year alone and that there was a misunderstanding about its being retained. "That's nonsense," said Blackman.
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