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06/02/2014
Babcock Marine Workers To Strike For The First Time In 42 Years
Eight hundred Clyde based workers at Babcock Marine will strike for the first time in 42 years over a pay dispute which could have significant implications for the running of the nuclear naval and armaments sites at Faslane and Coulport in Scotland.
Over 95 per cent of Unite members on an 82 per cent turnout voted for strike action in an overwhelming rejection of Babcock's derisory real terms pay cut of one per cent plus a non-consolidated £500 lump sum after comparisons with UK sister sites and defence sector pay averages showed workers on the Clyde will be short-changed under the imposition.
Babcock management has further angered the workforce - which continues to deliver steady operating profits despite Faslane and Coulport’s £1.2 billion share of MoD cuts - by claiming the imposition is a result of its contract with the MoD, where pay on the Clyde must mirror the UK Government’s one per cent public sector pay cap.
Unite representatives will now hold mass meetings with the workforce before confirming a schedule for strike action.
Unite national officer Ian Waddell said: "Workers on the Clyde deserve better than the below inflation pay cut Babcock wants to impose on them and this overwhelming mandate for strike action is a reflection of their anger.
"This is a conscientious, highly skilled collective that understands the unique challenges of their working environment and have consistently worked with the employer down the years to help deliver sustainability for both Babcock and the MoD on the Clyde.
"It is shameful that Babcock is trying to hide behind the MoD and say its hands are tied by the contractual arrangements, forcing a pay cut which is not only derisory but patently unfair in comparison with the consolidated above-inflation deals settled at Devonport and Rosyth.
(CSV/CD)
Over 95 per cent of Unite members on an 82 per cent turnout voted for strike action in an overwhelming rejection of Babcock's derisory real terms pay cut of one per cent plus a non-consolidated £500 lump sum after comparisons with UK sister sites and defence sector pay averages showed workers on the Clyde will be short-changed under the imposition.
Babcock management has further angered the workforce - which continues to deliver steady operating profits despite Faslane and Coulport’s £1.2 billion share of MoD cuts - by claiming the imposition is a result of its contract with the MoD, where pay on the Clyde must mirror the UK Government’s one per cent public sector pay cap.
Unite representatives will now hold mass meetings with the workforce before confirming a schedule for strike action.
Unite national officer Ian Waddell said: "Workers on the Clyde deserve better than the below inflation pay cut Babcock wants to impose on them and this overwhelming mandate for strike action is a reflection of their anger.
"This is a conscientious, highly skilled collective that understands the unique challenges of their working environment and have consistently worked with the employer down the years to help deliver sustainability for both Babcock and the MoD on the Clyde.
"It is shameful that Babcock is trying to hide behind the MoD and say its hands are tied by the contractual arrangements, forcing a pay cut which is not only derisory but patently unfair in comparison with the consolidated above-inflation deals settled at Devonport and Rosyth.
(CSV/CD)
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