Electricity workers vote for strike
Published Date:
27 August 2008
ELECTRICITY workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.
Around 1,100 employees at CE Electric, which distributes electricity across the north east, will go on strike for seven days, starting at 4pm on Friday, September 5.
According to the GMB union, the dispute is over the failure to pay comparable wages to those earned elsewhere in utilities sector.
The industrial action could severely disrupt work on a £63m contract to replace street lighting in South Tyneside.
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Last Updated:
27 August 2008 3:16 PM
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