Union members at a factory that makes parts for firms such as Bombardier, Alstom, JBC, Caterpillar and John Deere have gone on strike after rejecting an improve pay offer from management. Workers at the Trelleborg factory, on the northern edge of Leicester, voted for action after initially rejecting a 4 per cent pay rise and a £700 lump sum.
Management said the Unite union members had subsequently turned down an improved offer of a 7 per cent increase – backdated to April 1 – which was put to them on July 6.
Sweden-based Trelleborg makes dampeners, suspensions, pads and buffers for industry and the transport sector and most recent financials for the UK business, covering 2021, showed pre-tax profits of £2.9 million – up from £2.3 million the year before – on a turnover of £32.2 million.
