A strike next week at Tarmac’s Alfreton Blocks Plant in Derbyshire has been suspended after the company put forward an improved pay offer.
Over 30 Unite members at the plant, who include maintenance workers, quality technicians and fitters who make aerated concrete blocks for construction projects and pack them on the production line, were set to walk out on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 September then Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 September.
They had overwhelmingly voted to reject a pay offer of four per cent, which workers do not believe goes far enough to address years of low pay.
However, next week’s strike action has been suspended to allow workers to vote on the new deal.
Unite regional officer Paula Stephens said: “Following negotiations between Unite and Tarmac, a new pay offer has been put forward. We have therefore suspended strike action to allow our members to have their say on whether to accept the offer.”
Depending on the outcome of this ballot, the following week’s industrial action could still go ahead.
