{"id":6612,"date":"2015-11-03T17:06:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2015-11-03T17:06:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:06:27","slug":"pitiful-pay-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=6612","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Pitiful\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pay offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Last ditch talks to avoid an escalating pay dispute at the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest crane hire company, Ainscough, are set to take place this Thursday (November 5) after members of Unite rejected a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098pitiful\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 two -year pay deal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over 500 crane operators employed by the company, which hires cranes to the construction industry, have rejected a two year pay deal of 1.5 per cent and 1.75 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crane operator members, working on major construction sites and projects across the UK such as the M1 and M6 motorway upgrades and new Forth Road Bridge, haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ruled out balloting for industrial action should talks fail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members are highly skilled crane operators making safety critical decisions on a minute by minute basis,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite national officer Bernard McAulay. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThey have played a critical role in making Ainscough the success it is today and in keeping Britain building.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe last thing our members want to be doing is balloting for industrial action, but they feel pushed to breaking point by a pitiful pay offer which fails to address excessive overtime,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe would urge management to use the opportunity of these talks to hammer out a deal that recognises their valuable contribution and avoids the prospect of a damaging pay dispute.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last ditch talks to avoid an escalating pay dispute at the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest crane hire company, Ainscough, are set to take place this Thursday (November 5) after members of Unite rejected a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098pitiful\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 two -year pay deal. &nbsp; Over 500 crane operators employed by the company, which hires cranes to the construction industry, have rejected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[135,437],"wps_subtitle":"Crane workers pushed to breaking point","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6614,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions\/6614"}],"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=6612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}