Workplace Report October 2005

Bargaining news

Industrial action looms at Innovia

Workers at manufacturing firm Innovia Films have rejected the "job security" pay offer outlined in last month's Workplace Report.

The offer was opposed in a ballot by 77% of union members.

A vote on industrial action received 75% support for action short of a strike. An overtime ban is the most likely outcome, but the GMB general union's senior Cumbria organiser Helen Vassie expressed the hope that the company would re-open talks and make another offer.