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18/09/2014
DSG Workers To Ballot For Industrial Action Over Pay Dispute
Workers at the cash-rich Defence Support Group (DSG) are being balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay, as the group faces being sold off to the private sector next year.
More than 800 employees, members of Unite, the country’s largest union, are being balloted for strike action and action short of a strike from tomorrow (Friday 19 September). The ballot will close on Friday 3 October.
The workers have already rejected by a majority of 85 per cent in a consultative ballot the management's one per cent pay offer for 2014. The main sites are at Bovington (Dorset), Catterick (North Yorkshire) Colchester, Donnington (Shropshire), Stirling and Warminster (Wiltshire).
The workers, who maintain, repair and overhaul military air and land equipment for the Ministry of Defence (MOD), are seeking an eight per cent pay rise for 2014.
Unite national officer for the MOD and government departments Mike McCartney said: "It looks like the DSG will be sold off to the private sector in 2015 and our members want to be able to take with them to their new employer, a decent rate of pay which can be consolidated for pension purposes.
"DSG has a cash mountain of £65 million, which will go back to the Treasury’s coffers, once the sale has been completed. The current DSG management can well afford to give a substantial pay rise to the workers who have made DSG such a success story.
"Feelings amongst our members are running high because of the poor one per cent pay offer, as well as the unknown future they face being sold off to the private sector."
(CD/IT)
More than 800 employees, members of Unite, the country’s largest union, are being balloted for strike action and action short of a strike from tomorrow (Friday 19 September). The ballot will close on Friday 3 October.
The workers have already rejected by a majority of 85 per cent in a consultative ballot the management's one per cent pay offer for 2014. The main sites are at Bovington (Dorset), Catterick (North Yorkshire) Colchester, Donnington (Shropshire), Stirling and Warminster (Wiltshire).
The workers, who maintain, repair and overhaul military air and land equipment for the Ministry of Defence (MOD), are seeking an eight per cent pay rise for 2014.
Unite national officer for the MOD and government departments Mike McCartney said: "It looks like the DSG will be sold off to the private sector in 2015 and our members want to be able to take with them to their new employer, a decent rate of pay which can be consolidated for pension purposes.
"DSG has a cash mountain of £65 million, which will go back to the Treasury’s coffers, once the sale has been completed. The current DSG management can well afford to give a substantial pay rise to the workers who have made DSG such a success story.
"Feelings amongst our members are running high because of the poor one per cent pay offer, as well as the unknown future they face being sold off to the private sector."
(CD/IT)
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