Workers at Lancashire’s ELE Advanced Technologies - who are members of the UK’s leading union, Unite - have voted overwhelmingly for strike action beginning on Wednesday 1 May after failing to reach an agreement regarding pay.
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00:00 We're sick and tired of pie in the sky, jam tomorrow promises.
00:04 Everybody who works in manufacturing knows the story.
00:08 A CEO comes into a workplace and tells people who have been making profits for the company for a generation
00:16 that they need to do more for less and everyone will share in the rewards.
00:21 What happens then is the CEO takes all the rewards, moves on to the next company
00:27 and a new CEO comes in and repeats the same lie.
00:31 We're not having it. Our members at ELA Advanced Technology in Nelson have had enough.
00:38 Today we're issuing notice of industrial action on May Day.
00:43 We will join them and stand shoulder to shoulder in their fight for fair pay.
00:48 It's up to the company because they can settle this tomorrow.
00:52 If not, we'll see you on the picket line.
00:54 (upbeat music)
00:56 [MUSIC]