Trelleborg Workers (UNITE) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Manufacturing
Latest Updates (2)
The workers at Trelleborg, a Swedish manufacturer of industrial seals, voted to accept an improved pay offer after striking for over a month. The offer pays employees 11% over two years, with increases in the second year if inflation is above 5%. The union contacted its Swedish counterpart IF Metall for help in resolving the dispute, and a link was quickly established with their main shop steward.
They workers were originally offered a 5.2 per cent one year deal.
More than 200 Trelleborg workers in Tewkesbury and Bridgewater supplying seals to aerospace, auto, medical, food and energy firms will strike over a real terms pay cut, Unite, the UK’s leading union, said today (Monday).
The factory workers, who make seals for clients such as Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Air Bus, the Ministry of Defence and Carl Zeiss, are striking after rejecting a 5.2 per cent pay offer. With the true rate of inflation, (RPI), at 13.5 per cent this is real terms pay cut of 8.3 per cent.
4 Strike Dates 0 Planned
Tewkesbury and Bridgewater 4th May 2023
Tewkesbury and Bridgewater 3rd May 2023
Tewkesbury and Bridgewater 2nd May 2023
Tewkesbury and Bridgewater