Former Cleveland Bridge steel workers and welders in pay dispute

A dispute is on the cards over the terms and conditions Fast Track is offering the 250 welders and steel workers formerly employed by Cleveland Bridge at Wembley.
The men were taken on in a deal brokered by Multiplex, Fast Track and the unions, after Cleveland quit the project. Now the workers are complaining that Fast Track is changing terms and conditions.
One site source said: "Fast Track said it would honour the men's previous terms and conditions. Then it demanded weekend working be compulsory. Previously the men had a choice about whether they worked the weekends. When the men complained, Fast Track came back and said there will be no overtime, just a 38-hour week."
Another site source said: "The men's attitude is a disgrace. Fast Track took all these men on in good faith. It didn't have to take all of them, but it did - and on the same pay. Now they are demanding continuity of terms and conditions, which they are not even entitled to because they were made redundant by Cleveland. Some of these men blame Multiplex for what happened to Cleveland and want revenge."