A dispute at four Dale Farm sites across Northern Ireland has been resolved after workers at the dairy firm voted decisively to accept a significantly improved pay offer.<\/p>\n
Drivers and engineers at the Cookstown, Ballymena, Omagh and Enniskillen sites will receive a 4.75% pay increase, following management\u2019s revised proposal. <\/p>\n
The new deal was tabled after workers announced escalating strike action, which was due to begin with a three-day walkout on 20 September and progress to all-out strike action in the fourth week.<\/p>\n
The deal marks a considerable improvement on management\u2019s initial 3% offer. Under the agreement, drivers will also benefit from an enhanced bulk tank allowance, while engineers will receive an additional maintenance payment \u2013 both worth an extra 1.75%.<\/p>\n
Dale Farm, Northern Ireland\u2019s largest farmer-owned dairy cooperative, supplies milk and dairy products across the UK, Ireland and further afield.<\/p>\n
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham hailed the outcome, saying: \u201cDale Farm workers have scored a clear win on pay. <\/p>\n
“This result demonstrates the importance of having strong unions in the workplace to deliver on workers\u2019 jobs, pay and conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unite, which represents around 100 workers at the four sites, confirmed that the ballot brings the current industrial dispute to an end.<\/p>\n
Regional officer Simon Hall said: \u201cUnite members have voted to accept a significantly improved pay offer. This goes some way towards improving the rate of pay of a skilled workforce. <\/p>\n
“We will continue to build union strength with the aim of ensuring Dale Farm\u2019s success is properly shared with its employees.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dispute at four Dale Farm sites across Northern Ireland has been resolved after workers at the dairy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[127621,19756,1144,2952,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-364081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-dale-farm","9":"tag-milk","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-strike","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115071269256531711","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}