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Crossrail electricians to strike over pay | Crossrail electricians to strike over pay |
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Electricians on the Crossrail project will stage a 24-hour strike in the new year in a dispute over pay. | Electricians on the Crossrail project will stage a 24-hour strike in the new year in a dispute over pay. |
Members of the Unite union working on the cross-London rail scheme will walk out on 10 January, with other stoppages threatened. | Members of the Unite union working on the cross-London rail scheme will walk out on 10 January, with other stoppages threatened. |
Unite said it would "undoubtedly cause disruption" and could "potentially delay the entire project". | Unite said it would "undoubtedly cause disruption" and could "potentially delay the entire project". |
Balfour Beatty, who employ the electricians, said it will "continue to engage without workforce". | |
It comes after a new Tube map featuring the Elizabeth Line was released to mark a year until the railway's completion. | |
It is the first time official industrial action has been called on Crossrail, the union said. | It is the first time official industrial action has been called on Crossrail, the union said. |
Crossrail, which will run through parts of London and Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Essex, will carry an estimated 200 million passengers a year and cost nearly £15bn. | Crossrail, which will run through parts of London and Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Essex, will carry an estimated 200 million passengers a year and cost nearly £15bn. |
The Balfour Beatty employees voted by 85% in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay and a finishing bonus the union says is payable when employees are informed they are to be made redundant. | The Balfour Beatty employees voted by 85% in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay and a finishing bonus the union says is payable when employees are informed they are to be made redundant. |
Regional officer Guy Langston said: "We have repeatedly tried to resolve this issue through negotiation but Balfour Beatty has refused to take the workforce's concerns seriously. | Regional officer Guy Langston said: "We have repeatedly tried to resolve this issue through negotiation but Balfour Beatty has refused to take the workforce's concerns seriously. |
"We have had no option but to take strike action, this will undoubtedly cause disruption and could potentially delay the entire project." | "We have had no option but to take strike action, this will undoubtedly cause disruption and could potentially delay the entire project." |
A Balfour Beatty spokesman said Unite were demanding a "significant increase" in the bonus level agreed earlier this year, as well as "a productivity bonus". |
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