Holidaymakers are being warned of potential summer holiday chaos as workers at Edinburgh Airport are being balloted to strike. Unite Scotland says around 275 members are considering industrial action in the coming months amid a pay row with bosses.
14.04.2023 - 10:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Workers at a Trafford paper factory which is used by the likes of Amazon and Dominoes are to begin industrial action this month following a pay dispute.
Saica Paper UK Ltd, which has a factory on Manchester Road in Carrington, produces 100 per cent recycled paper for corrugated cardboard and also works with big brands including Diageo and Intersnack.
The company recorded a gross profit of £69 million in its latest accounts filed at Companies House for 2021. Unite, the UK’s leading union, said the company’s profits have been ‘steadily increasing’ in recent years.
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40 Unite members at the Trafford factory, who are employed in production roles, have now agreed six 12 and 24 hour strikes this month and in May. The workers recorded a 97 per cent vote in favour of strike action, having rejected a below inflation pay offer.
Unite said workers were offered a 9.5 per cent pay increase which they describe as being a real terms pay cut based on inflation. Unite added that workers on average only received 6.5 per cent of the offer in permanent pay, with the rest being a one-off lump sum payment.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Saica Paper is a highly profitable company which could and should be rewarding its workers with a fair pay increase. It is the hard work of our members which has made the company successful and it is only right that they receive a fair share of the company’s profits.
“Unite is totally focused on the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and the workers at Saica Paper will receive the union’s unswerving support.”
Workers will take part in 12 and 24 hour strikes on April 21, 25 and 29 with more industrial action scheduled for
Holidaymakers are being warned of potential summer holiday chaos as workers at Edinburgh Airport are being balloted to strike. Unite Scotland says around 275 members are considering industrial action in the coming months amid a pay row with bosses.
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