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Workers at a pallet warehouse in Trafford who are taking part in the UK’s longest current strike action have taken their fight to London in a bid to bring attention to their pay dispute.
CHEP UK staff in Trafford Park have been striking since December and could continue into the summer if an agreement with their employer is not made. Unite, the union representing the strikers, have accused the pallet supplier of ‘failing its workforce in the middle of a cost of living crisis’ with its ‘below inflation pay offer’.
Members previously said that while CHEP is currently ‘enjoying a boom time’, staff are being offered ‘in reality a severe pay cut’. Following further marches across Manchester last week, around 30 strikers campaigned in London yesterday (April 20) outside the offices of CHEP’s parent company Brambles.
READ MORE: 'I definitely didn’t think it would last this long': Inside the UK's longest current strike and what's it like being on the picket line for 19 weeks
The Unite union, who reported that the strike is now the longest in their 15-year history, said that ‘it’s time’ that Brambles intervene and help its subsidiary ‘get its act together’. In 2021, CHEP made sales revenues of more than £390 million. Between 2010 and 2021, CHEP paid out dividends to Brambles Ltd amounting to £664.54 million.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “I’m calling for CHEP UK’s parent company to intervene and sort out this mess. Our members are steadfast in their determination to secure decent pay. They can see the company can afford to pay a fair wage. CHEP UK has dragged its heels – so its parent company must now step in.”
Unite’s members at CHEP will begin balloting from today (April 21) until May 5 on whether to
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Workers at a pallet warehouse in Trafford are to end their long-running strike action after voting to accept an inflation-beating pay deal with bosses.
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