{"id":16493,"date":"2018-10-10T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=16493"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:10","slug":"derbyshire-crane-pay-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=16493","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Depth of anger&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The first industrial action at leading Derbyshire crane manufacturer Street Crane for 20 years is due to take place as the company has been unwilling to engage in constructive pay talks, Unite said today (October 10).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite represents about 35 production staff at the Chapel-en-le-Frith factory who voted unanimously for 12 days of strike action, after rejecting a 2.5 per cent pay offer for the year starting July 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first of the 24 hour stoppages is scheduled to start at\u00c2\u00a0just past midnight\u00c2\u00a0on Monday (October 15) and followed by strikes on\u00c2\u00a0October 22 and 29 and\u00c2\u00a0November 5.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the dispute is not settled by then, four 48 hour stoppages will go ahead on November\u00c2\u00a012, 19 and 26 and\u00c2\u00a0 December 3, all commencing at\u00c2\u00a012.01am.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite regional coordinating officer Shaun Lee said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe have met with a brick wall, as the management have refused to negotiate in a constructive fashion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members have rejected the 2.5 per cent offer as they face rising household bills demonstrated by the retail price index (RPI) which is currently running at 3.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe fact that our members voted by 100 per cent for strike action and that this is the first industrial action in 20 years shows the depth of anger our dedicated members feel at the hardline attitude adopted by this profitable company,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe strikes will hit orders to the firm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s customer base, which is an added incentive for the management to come to the table and negotiate a fair settlement for our members.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On its website, the company says it has 70 years of crane building experience and is one the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest manufacturers of overhead cranes, hoists and crane components.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first industrial action at leading Derbyshire crane manufacturer Street Crane for 20 years is due to take place as the company has been unwilling to engage in constructive pay talks, Unite said today (October 10). &nbsp; Unite represents about 35 production staff at the Chapel-en-le-Frith factory who voted unanimously for 12 days of strike [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[636,132],"wps_subtitle":"Twelve days of strikes planned at Derbyshire crane firm in pay dispute","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25796,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493\/revisions\/25796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}