Welwyn and Hatfield Grounds Maintenance (UNITE) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Other
Latest Updates (2)
- Workers employed by Continental Landscapes on Welwyn and Hatfield council's ground maintenance contract secured a pay increase of at least 13% after a lengthy industrial dispute
- 13 members of Unite, the UK's leading union, went on strike in November to secure a pay increase, the introduction of pay differentials based on skills and knowledge, and the assurance that temporary agency staff would not receive higher rates of pay
- Pay will increase on 1 April from £10.12 to at least £11.44 an hour (13.1% increase), with two further skills-based pay bands at £11.60 an hour (14.6% increase) and £11.75 an hour (16.1% increase)
- Unite secured a commitment that in the future, agency workers will not be paid a higher rate of pay than permanent staff
- Unite will engage constructively with Continental Landscapes to ensure that the agreements are fully implemented in the best interests of the workers and the company
- Grounds maintenance workers employed by Continental Landscapes on a council contract will continue strike action over poverty pay.
- Workers have already taken 8 weeks of strike action since November.
- Further two weeks of strike action announced, starting Monday 30 January.
- Workers have been offered pay increase, but with conditions attached and no further increase until 2024, which were not accepted.
- Workers also have a grievance concerning agency workers who receive higher pay.
- Unite union is supporting the workers and claims that the dispute is of the employer's making.
7 Strike Dates 0 Planned
7th Feb 2023
6th Feb 2023
3rd Feb 2023
2nd Feb 2023
1st Feb 2023
31st Jan 2023
30th Jan 2023