GMB has reached a pay deal with Perkins Engines bosses after industrial action at it’s Stafford site. Perkins Engines - which employs 700 people - was in dispute with it’s workforce over a period of two months. GMB members voted in favour of strike action and picketed the Tixall Road premises suspending their strike only to negotiate a new pay deal.
The two sides have settled on a 2% increase from June 2011 another 2% in September 2011 and a 3.5% increase in 2012. Workers who voted in favour of the deal will be handed a one-off payment of £225.
GMB organiser, Colin Griffiths, said “we spent four days thrashing out a deal which our members then accepted. We’re happy to have tied the deal up over a long period so hopefully we won’t find ourselves in this situation again”. Colin added “I would like to thank all the shop stewards the workforce and the company bosses for listening to our concerns. Strike action is never ideal but unfortunately it is necessary on occasion and has, in this case, brought both sides closer together”.
Article from ‘Centre Point’ the GMB magazine.
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