‘Huge disruption’ as workers at Tarmac’s Mountsorrel Quarry down tools later this month.
GMB Union has today announced that members at Mountsorrel Quarry in Leicestershire have voted to support strike action.
The news comes after workers at the Tarmac operated site rejected a pay offer from company management.
90 per cent of votes supported industrial action, with one hundred workers at the quarry expected to join strike action later this month.
Mountsorrel is Europe’s largest quarry, producing aggregate materials for construction, road and rail projects across the UK.
David Warwick, GMB Organiser, said:
“These workers just want a pay packet that cover the bills and lets them spend time with their families.
“Too many are having to sign up to gruelling overtime schedules, just to make ends meet.
“The materials our members produce are vital for UK house building, not to mention road and rail projects across the country.
“It’s inevitable that strike action could cause huge knock on disruption if this isn’t resolved, and fast”.
