Community members at Glen Dimplex on Stoney Lane in Prescot are taking strike action because of no agreement being reached in relation to pay – despite talks being ongoing since November 2022. These workers are skilled manufacturing workers, many of them are earning minimum wage currently. They deserve a pay rise that reflects their service and skillset.
The company’s position is to shorten the working week by an hour and keep workers’ pay the same. Community members do not find this acceptable and believe that pay talks should end with a pay rise.
Gavin Miller, Community Union’s National Officer for Light Industries, said:
“Community members working at Glen Dimplex are a long-serving, loyal and skilled workforce who deserve to be paid a fair wage for their work.
“Union reps have tabled several suggestions to try and reach a conclusion to these talks, but company representatives have dismissed all the ideas that have been tabled.“Skilled work should attract skilled pay. Many of the workers on site currently are being paid minimum wage, put simply they deserve better from their employer.”
Community members at Glen Dimplex will be on strike from the 7 August. The workers do not want to have to take this action but are left with no alternative as a result of the company’s lack of commitment to resolving this issue.
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