Campaigning for equal pay in Birmingham (Picture: GMBStuart on Twitter)
Hundreds of Birmingham city council workers have voted for strikes over delays in settling equal pay claims for low paid women.
Workers in the GMB union at 35 schools have voted to back the action, with some 96 percent overall supporting strikes.
Alice Reynolds, GMB Organiser, said, “Almost a year since council bosses admitted an equal pay bill as high as £760 million, not one single woman worker has received the money they’re owed.”
Strike dates are set to be be announced soon, with action involving teaching assistants, catering and ground workers.
Meanwhile Birmingham People’s Assembly, supported by all the major unions and Strike Map, plans a meeting on Saturday to bring together campaigners fighting massive cuts from the Labour-led council.
It will feature a range of campaigners to create a united group called Brum Rise Up—Communities Against Cuts.
The People’s Assembly said, “We want to show a united front and tell the council and the government that we do not accept these cuts and demand more funding.”
Workers at ELE Advanced Technologies in Lancashire voted for strikes that are planned to begin on Wednesday next week.
The company offered workers a £1,000 pay increase, worth 4 percent from May 2023 and 5 percent from May 2024.
The 80 workers were set to strike from Wednesday of next week, as well as Thursday and Friday of next week.
The company claims it cannot afford the pay rise due to financial losses in 2023, yet its chief executive received a 12 percent wage increase last year
Around 460 Unite union members at Dounreay power station are set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday next week, and 15 and 29 May.
The Nuclear Restoration Services Limited offered workers 4.5 percent from April 2023, which workers rejected.
The Unite members backed strikes by 86 percent on a turnout of 82 percent.
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