More than 1,000 Ford workers take strike action

MORE than 1,000 office workers at Ford production plants at Dagenham in London and Speke in Liverpool are to escalate strike action over pay and changes to their contracts.

Unite claims Ford plans to introduce 100 per cent performance-related pay from 2025 and change the union’s collective bargaining agreement and the company’s sick-pay policy.

The workers are also in dispute over a 2024 pay increase.

They took strike action for one day on October 30 and will now stage selective strikes at Dagenham from today to November 15 and at Speke tomorrow, November 14 and 15.

A demonstration will also take place at 12.30pm tomorrow outside Dagenham’s Gate 20.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Ford has launched a direct assault on its office workers’ pay and conditions for no other reason than corporate greed.

“It is an appalling way to behave by a company that is already massively wealthy.”

Ford was invited to comment.

Buy Shares

You can’t buy a revolution, but you can help the only daily paper in Britain that’s fighting for one by become a member of the People’s Printing Press Society.

The Morning Star is a readers’ co-operative, which means you can become an owner of the paper too by buying shares in the society.

Shares are £10 each — though unlike capitalist firms, each shareholder has an equal say. Money from shares contributes directly to keep our paper thriving.

Some union branches have taken out shares of over £500 and individuals over £100.

Buy here »

Donate to the Fighting Fund

You can’t buy a revolution, but you can help the only daily paper in Britain that’s fighting for one by donating to the Fighting Fund.

The Morning Star is unique, as a lone socialist voice in a sea of corporate media. We offer a platform for those who would otherwise never be listened to, coverage of stories that would otherwise be buried.

The rich don’t like us, and they don’t advertise with us, so we rely on you, our readers and friends. With a regular donation to our monthly Fighting Fund, we can continue to thumb our noses at the fat cats and tell truth to power.

Donate today and make a regular contribution.

Donate here »

More than 1,000 Ford workers take strike action

Editorial: Targeting China: the naked imperialism behind Trump’s trade policy

China prioritises shared future with its neighbours amidst the US trade war

Badenoch green-lights local Reform pacts

Netanyahu’s Shin Bet scandal: who holds the power?

Underlining the senselessness of war

Arts
Odysseus’s homecoming myth is treated as a factual story, with strong resonances for our contemporary world. This is an implicit anti-war film that has an urgent relevance, writes JOHN GREEN

Latest stories

You scratch my back, and... Labour does favours for Tories

Black workers 50 per cent more likely to be employed on exploitative zero-hour contracts than white workers, TUC reveals

Children under 16 in Wales share experiences of housing issues and homelessness

End of an era for Red Pepper – but a new era begins

The mass murder that signalled the end of apartheid

European centrist parties’ puzzling anti-Russian hostility explained

Former London mayor candidate condemned for sharing fake image of Sadiq Khan drowning

OWNED BY OUR READERS

Fighting fund

LATEST EDITORIAL

Owned by Our Readers

More than 1,000 Ford workers take strike action

This is the last article you can read this month

You can read more article this month

You can read more articles this month

Sorry your limit is up for this month

Please help support the Morning Star by subscribing here

Latest stories

You scratch my back, and... Labour does favours for Tories

Black workers 50 per cent more likely to be employed on exploitative zero-hour contracts than white workers, TUC reveals

Children under 16 in Wales share experiences of housing issues and homelessness

End of an era for Red Pepper – but a new era begins

The mass murder that signalled the end of apartheid

European centrist parties’ puzzling anti-Russian hostility explained

Former London mayor candidate condemned for sharing fake image of Sadiq Khan drowning

Others liked

OWNED BY OUR READERS

Fighting fund