Siemens Gamesa wind turbine blade workers in the north-east of England are voting on a new pay offer after they threatened strike action, UK trade union Unite told “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç.
Around 300 “angry” Siemens Gamesa workers began a ballot for strike action over a 4.5% pay offer and an “opaque” incentive scheme earlier this month, Unite stated on 12 July. The ballot lasted until 24 July.
“There has been a new pay offer which is being balloted on and which closes next week,” a Unite spokesperson told “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç today (25 July).
The union previously claimed that wages at the Hull factory – where workers construct 108-metre offshore turbine blades for the firm – have dropped by 11.9% in real terms since 2018. This was due to past pay rises being below the rate of inflation and a performance-related bonus scheme suppressing wage growth, Unite added.
A Siemens Energy spokesperson previously told “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç that they were surprised by the timing of the ballot, but that they were “confident” they could reach an agreement before further action was taken.
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