{"id":27621,"date":"2021-02-04T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=27621"},"modified":"2021-02-04T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:33:22","slug":"no-option-but-to-step-up-strike-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=27621","title":{"rendered":"‘No option but to step up strike action’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe faces further disruption this month as scaffolders based at the site, announced a further six days of strike action in a dispute over pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workers have already taken four days of strike action and will mount a further 48 hour strike beginning at 05:30 on Monday, February 8. Unite has now announced a 48 hour strike to begin at 05:30 on Monday, February 15, a 24 hour-strike beginning at 05:30 on Thursday, February 18, then a further 48 hour strike beginning at 05:30 on Monday, February 22 and finally a 24-hour strike from 05:30 on Thursday, February 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 50 plus scaffolders, involved in the strike action are employed by contractor Brand Energy to undertake maintenance on over 500 scaffolding structures that are on the British Steel site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pay dispute began in 2019, when Unite submitted a pay claim that the workers should be paid in line with the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI). There is currently a difference of \u00c2\u01412.00 an hour between the NAECI rate and what Brand Energy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workers currently receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2019, Brand Energy has refused to engage with Unite on the pay issue but since strike action began the company has indicated that it is keen to seek a resolution, yet it has not yet proposed any dates for fresh negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four days of strike action have generated a great deal of support for the scaffolders but have inevitably caused considerable disruption for suppliers and workers entering the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite regional officer John McIntyre said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite has received warm words from Brand Energy that they want to resolve the dispute but not received any firm proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAs a result Unite has no option but to step up industrial action, which will certainly cause further disruption to British Steel,” he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe remain committed to entering into negotiations with Brand Energy and its client British Steel, in order to secure an agreement acceptable to all sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe ball is now firmly in Brand Energy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s court.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Barckley Sumner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe faces further disruption this month as scaffolders based at the site, announced a further six days of strike action in a dispute over pay. The workers have already taken four days of strike action and will mount a further 48 hour strike beginning at 05:30 on Monday, February 8. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[962,800,528],"wps_subtitle":"Scunthorpe scaffolders step up strike action at British Steel site","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621"}],"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=27621"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27625,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27621\/revisions\/27625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}