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24/05/2016
Strike Action Ballot Opens At Pizza Factory In Nottingham
Workers at the 2 Sisters owned Pizza Factory in Nottingham started voting on Monday, 23 May, over possible strike action in a dispute over an outstanding pay claim for 2015.
Unite the union which is balloting 440 members on the site, has accused the company of trying to bully staff into signing away their terms and conditions in exchange for a non-negotiated pay deal, in a blatant attempt to undermine the union’s legitimate industrial action ballot.
Workers were left distraught after they were pulled into a ‘pay brief’ with senior management when the union official was off site and told of the company’s plans to slash overtime, weekend working, bank holiday and sickness cover pay rates in a move which could cost them hundreds of pounds a month.
Unite understands that 2 Sisters is planning to cut overtime, weekend and holiday pay and make changes to shift patterns to offset the costs of the government's new national living wage.
Unite has told the company in no uncertain terms that any changes to workers’ terms and conditions will need to be negotiated separately from the pay deal which is now 10 months overdue.
Unite regional officer Andy Shaw said: "2 Sisters management has behaved appallingly towards its loyal workforce, stoking up fear and damaging industrial relations without good reason.
"Unite submitted its pay claim back in September, seeking a modest 3.1 per cent pay increase, but rather than honour the annual pay anniversary the company has been refusing to negotiate.
"Sadly the company has form having delayed making a decision on the 2014 pay award by nearly a year.
"The company had no right pulling our members into a ‘pay brief’ at such short notice. Our members were left deeply shaken after being threatened with the ultimatum of accept cuts to your conditions or risk losing your job.
"It is no way to treat a loyal and hardworking workforce. Our members work around the clock making pizzas 24/7 for some of the country's biggest supermarket chains, including Tesco and Marks & Spencer.
"Any attempts to cut workers' overtime, holiday and weekend pay to offset the government’s new national living wage or to impose changes without negotiating with the workers' union will be strenuously challenged by Unite."
The industrial action ballot opened on Monday 23 May and closes on Monday 6 June.
Unite the union which is balloting 440 members on the site, has accused the company of trying to bully staff into signing away their terms and conditions in exchange for a non-negotiated pay deal, in a blatant attempt to undermine the union’s legitimate industrial action ballot.
Workers were left distraught after they were pulled into a ‘pay brief’ with senior management when the union official was off site and told of the company’s plans to slash overtime, weekend working, bank holiday and sickness cover pay rates in a move which could cost them hundreds of pounds a month.
Unite understands that 2 Sisters is planning to cut overtime, weekend and holiday pay and make changes to shift patterns to offset the costs of the government's new national living wage.
Unite has told the company in no uncertain terms that any changes to workers’ terms and conditions will need to be negotiated separately from the pay deal which is now 10 months overdue.
Unite regional officer Andy Shaw said: "2 Sisters management has behaved appallingly towards its loyal workforce, stoking up fear and damaging industrial relations without good reason.
"Unite submitted its pay claim back in September, seeking a modest 3.1 per cent pay increase, but rather than honour the annual pay anniversary the company has been refusing to negotiate.
"Sadly the company has form having delayed making a decision on the 2014 pay award by nearly a year.
"The company had no right pulling our members into a ‘pay brief’ at such short notice. Our members were left deeply shaken after being threatened with the ultimatum of accept cuts to your conditions or risk losing your job.
"It is no way to treat a loyal and hardworking workforce. Our members work around the clock making pizzas 24/7 for some of the country's biggest supermarket chains, including Tesco and Marks & Spencer.
"Any attempts to cut workers' overtime, holiday and weekend pay to offset the government’s new national living wage or to impose changes without negotiating with the workers' union will be strenuously challenged by Unite."
The industrial action ballot opened on Monday 23 May and closes on Monday 6 June.
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