engineering - pay fight at merloni
WORKERS, DECEMBER 2003 ISSUE
In late October, 700 Amicus/AEEU and GMB members at Merloni UK, formerly the Creda factory at Blythe Bridge in North Staffordshire, imposed a work to rule and overtime ban in pursuit of better pay.
Merloni had offered only a below-inflation 2.5%. Mick Stevens, Amicus/ AEEU's regional organiser, asked, "Why is management not talking to us? This dispute is not just about pay but about respect."