Jiffy (UNITE) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Manufacturing
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Workers at the Jiffy packaging plant in Winsford, Cheshire, are celebrating today after securing a four per cent pay increase. Staff also maintained all existing terms and conditions that had been under threat. Over 50 members of Unite, Britain's leading trade union, had taken 36 days of industrial action in their dispute with their employer.
Workers had originally been offered a one per cent pay increase or a three per cent increase with dramatic reductions in sickness benefits. Following strike action that crippled production at the plant workers won a substantially improved offer, of four per cent backdated to 1 March. They also maintained their sick pay at current levels and got Jiffy management to remove the degrading fob system in place that monitored workers' toilet breaks. Further assurances over redundancies and retraining have also been guaranteed.
Over 50 workers at the Jiffy packaging plant in Winsford, Cheshire, are to strike next month following a pay offer from their employer that Unite general secretary Sharon Graham described as “paltry”. Workers at the plant have been offered a mere 1.5 per cent pay increase despite a cost of living crisis and real rate of inflation (RPI) standing at 4.3 per cent, when the pay increase was due. Workers are therefore receiving a real-terms pay cut. Unite’s members are demanding an eight per cent pay increase backdated to the 1 April 2024. Additionally, workers are furious that they only receive eight weeks of sick pay and want to see an increase to 12 weeks alongside the reinstatement of breaks during the working day and changes to bank holiday working practices.
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