Police said Parklife festival passed 'without major incident' as a total of 70 arrests were made over the weekend.
Metrolink staff announce June strike dates as Parklife festival and Soccer Aid to be hit
26.05.2023 - 09:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Parklife festival-goers are set to face transport headaches this year after the dates for the Metrolink strike were confirmed.
Unite, the trade union for Metrolink staff, has confirmed this morning (May 26) that a two-day walkout will go ahead over the weekend of June 10 and 11. They say they are taking the action ‘following a woeful pay offer from the company’.
An overwhelming majority — 95 percent — of more than 600 unionised staff voted to strike, the body says. Currently, both the firm and the union are locked in a dispute over pay.
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Today’s confirmation of the strike dates means Parklife festival will be heavily impacted. The event, which is the country’s largest metropolitan festival, is held annually in Heaton Park, and usually puts special measures in place to get fans to and from the city centre via the tram.
Other events that will be disrupted by the strike action include Soccer Aid at Old Trafford, Roger Waters at the AO Arena and The Weeknd at the Etihad Stadium. TfGM said yesterday (May 25), should any strike action go ahead, services would not operate.
"We will now engage with Unite to see if it will be possible to avert strike action. If strike action does go ahead, no Metrolink services will operate," said Rob Cox, HR Director at operator KeolisAmey Metrolink (KAM).
Confirming the dates, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Our members at Metrolink are frontline workers who play a vital role in keeping Manchester moving. It is incomprehensible that Metrolink thinks it is in any way acceptable to further suppress their pay when workers are struggling with a cost of living crisis.
“Unite is now entirely dedicated to defending and
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