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Changes to Alcan shifts may lead to strike
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WORKERS at one of Northumberland’s biggest employers could be set to go on strike.
A group of 122 employees at Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminium smelter at Lynemouth are to be balloted on industrial action over the company’s proposals to make changes to shift patterns.
The Journal has been told the company is proposing alterations for workers in the smelter’s pot rooms, casting and carbon sections.
Negotiations have taken place with the GMB union, which represents workers across all areas.
There has been no dispute with the workers from the casting and carbon teams. However, months of talks have failed to resolve disagreements between the company and those in the pot rooms, with the employer also not agreeing to the workers’ counter proposals.
A group of 122 employees at Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminium smelter at Lynemouth are to be balloted on industrial action over the company’s proposals to make changes to shift patterns.
The Journal has been told the company is proposing alterations for workers in the smelter’s pot rooms, casting and carbon sections.
Negotiations have taken place with the GMB union, which represents workers across all areas.
There has been no dispute with the workers from the casting and carbon teams. However, months of talks have failed to resolve disagreements between the company and those in the pot rooms, with the employer also not agreeing to the workers’ counter proposals.
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