Tyne and Wear Metro Strikes

[MarkP1]

It looks like potential strikes ahead from engineering staff in pay dispute.

Theres currently an overtime ban and starting from 20th November it would be a strike. It would be interesting what options are realistically available to Nexus and Stadler in providing any sort if service. Jarrow MP Kate Osborne according to the article suggested the original pay offer was 6%.

Tyne and Wear Metro could be crippled by engineer strike

The Unite union has warned that its members at the Metro depot will stage a week-long strike, if an improved pay deal from employer Stadler is not accepted this week

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

 

[inais20]

That could be interesting if the Go North East bus strike is still on at the same time.

 

[Jamesrob637]

Do T&W need the mandatory 14-day notice?

 

[MarkP1]

The potential for strikes is over after the Metro engineers accepted the latest pay offer.

'the Unite union confirmed on Friday morning that its 35 members at the depot had voted to accept an improved pay deal from Stadler, ending the industrial dispute. The news will come as a welcome relief to Metro users and to local transport leaders.'

Tyne and Wear Metro shutdown averted as engineers call off strike

Workers at the Metro's Gosforth depot have accepted a new pay offer and called off a week-long walkout that would have crippled the network, Unite has confirmed

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

 

[Jamesrob637]

Yay another strike called off - good news for the North-East economy, among others.