Indesit workers striking over pay

Hundreds of distribution workers at white-goods distribution company Indesit have started a series of national strikes over pay. The members of Unite the Union are angry at years of below-inflation pay rises, or nothing at all, and the final straw was a 1.5% pay offer for the 12 months from January this year.

Average pay rises are running at 2%, no wonder when at the likes of Indesit the company tops award themselves 22% pay rises and take home six-figure salaries! And no wonder Unite members voted by 93% in favour of strike action to win a substantial pay rise.

A 24-hour strike on Friday 21st August will be followed by a 48-hour strike from 6am on Thursday 27 August and 24 hours from 6am on Tuesday 1 September.

  • Visit the Manchester picket line at: Premier Park, Trafford Park Road / Acheson Way, Trafford Park, M17 1GA.
Hugh Caffrey

The depots affected are at Andover; Barnsley; Chepstow; Gateshead; Grangemouth; Hayes in west London; Mallusk in Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland; Trafford Park in Manchester; Raunds in Northamptonshire; Sharpness in Berkeley, Gloucestershire; Wednesbury in the West Midlands and West Thurrock in Essex.