WORKERS AT Yarrow warship yard on Clydeside have launched Britain's first major all-out pay strike since 1989, after rejecting union officials' advice to accept a £300 lump sum in settlement of pay rise due last July.
Even then, the bosses demanded changed working cononions, includine an end 1o Friday tea-breaks. Not tion was 1,370 to 38. surprisingry, te vole tor de Yarrow. owned by General Electric Company, has full order books. ncluding contracts for five frigates for the loyal Nav and two for off 400 people at the yard, which employs 2,300 in total, and claims it has no more money.
Union convenor Erniel Horan argued in the Financial Times: We have cepted some unpalatable deals over the last tow years, when [the yard] has been fighting for its lite. Clearly people feel that with the orders there now there's a bit According to the Confederation British In dustry, nearly one company in three is now treezing pay. rises, while the government real wages across the public sector through its 1.5 por cent pay norm for Yarrow would be a boost for all workers sulfering the boss cless s altacks on our wilk