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A FACTORY in north-east England that finishes parts for the aviation industry faces its first strike in its 100-year history this week as its workers feel “undervalued and underpaid.”
GMB members at Nicholsons Sealing Technologies in Stanley, County Durham, will walk out on Friday after rejecting the company’s wage offer of 6.7 per cent and a one-off payment.
The figure includes an increase that the company was legally obliged to give after the national minimum wage rose in April, the union said.
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025