THE head of Morrisons should intervene in a  wage dispute at the company’s Gibraltar branch and fund a fair pay increase, the Unite union said today as industrial action there entered its third week.

Workers at the supermarket chain in the British overseas territory have been on strike since January 30 after the firm offered a paltry 2.4 per cent rise, despite the company’s profits for the last year hitting £828 million.

Morrisons staff in Gibraltar earn about £2 per hour less than their counterparts in Britain.