The flagship Hinkley Point nuclear power plant development could face significant delays due to a pay dispute at Darchem Engineering in Stockton-on-Tees. Strike action will hit Darchem Engineering,…Read more…
Wabtec engineering staff in strike vote
An industrial action ballot is on the cards after bosses at Wabtec in Birkenhead unveiled plans to ‘fire and rehire’ 130 workers on inferior pay and conditions. Unite the union said today (February…Read more…
“Our members know their worth”
Global field service engineers employed by Loughborough-based Brush Electrical Machines, owned by venture capitalists Melrose, are being balloted for strike action in response to ‘fire and rehire’…Read more…
‘I see no ships’?
The United Kingdom is famous for its seafaring tradition. The legendary Royal Navy has won many a maritime victory and our shipyards have been the envy of the world. Britannia may no longer rule the…Read more…
‘Tax haven’ row
A Crewe engineering company, which wants to axe 62 jobs, has not been ‘frank and open’ about the true state of its finances, Unite said today (August 13). Unite is balloting for industrial…Read more…
Nearly there
The dispute at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford has moved closer to a resolution after workers have accepted ‘in principle’ a revised offer, Unite said today (January 26). Unite,…Read more…
‘Massive’ strike vote
The workers at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford have voted by an overwhelming 93 per cent for strike action over the failure of management to negotiate constructively over plans to shed 300…Read more…
‘Shameful’ decision
The bosses at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford have been accused of ‘ducking and diving’ over a request for an impact assessment on the Lincolnshire economy if the company sheds 300 jobs….Read more…
‘Betrayed’
The ‘betrayed’ workers at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford are holding an industrial action ballot, as their bosses continue to refuse to enter into constructive talks. The ballot…Read more…
Clark – top gear now call
Hundreds of highly skilled manufacturing jobs are set to go after Delphi, a global car components supplier based in the US, announced on Friday (August 4) the closure of a plant in Sudbury, with some…Read more…
Cossor (Highbury) Strike 1949
In 1939 Young women at the Cossor radio factory in Highbury, North London went on strike for 2d
an hour wage rise.
Cossor’s had switched to developing radar during the war but had…Read more…