GMB Press releaseTALKS FAIL AT CHEMILINES WEMBLEY OVER PAY AND LAID OFF WORKERS
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GMB Press release
TALKS FAIL AT CHEMILINES WEMBLEY OVER PAY AND LAID OFF WORKERS
Strike action resumes as no movement in dispute
The strike day due on Wednesday 7th January 2009 which was postponed before Christmas to allow talks will now go ahead after a failure to find a solution to the pay dispute or to get the workers who have been laid off back to work.
Strike action is resumed on Wednesday 7th January by GMB members who work at Chemilines Ltd, Wembley in support of a pay claim. The strike begins at:
08.00 A.M, WEDNESDAY 7TH JANUARY 2009, CHEMILINES LTD, CHEMILINES HOUSE, ALPERTON LANE, WEMBLEY, HA0 1DX
The strike action is over a pay offer of 1% per quarter linked to productivity strings which was rejected by the workers. GMB members working at the firm voted by 100% in a secret ballot to take strike action.
The company pack, label and dispatch medicines and cosmetics from the site.
Strikers met again yesterday (Sunday), to plan their day of action, at the Brent Indian Association.
Tahir Bhatti, GMB Organiser said, “GMB members are very disappointed that their agreement to postpone strike action to allow for talks to take place to try to resolve the dispute at Chemilines have failed to get their work colleagues back to work or to make any progress on their pay dispute.
Wednesday‘s strike will reinforce to the owners, Ravi and Jagdish Karia, the determination of the workforce to continue the dispute.”
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Contact: Tahir Bhatti, GMB Organiser on 07974249744 or GMB Press Office: Rose Conroy on 07974 258123 or Steve Pryle on 07921 289880.
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