{"id":13330,"date":"2023-02-19T17:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T01:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/balfour-beatty-rail-workers-to-strike-over-pay\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T17:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T01:53:23","slug":"balfour-beatty-rail-workers-to-strike-over-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/balfour-beatty-rail-workers-to-strike-over-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Balfour Beatty rail workers to strike over pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The members of the RMT union have voted to down tools for 48 hours in three separate strikes in March.<\/p>\n

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RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: \u201cThese highly skilled workers have had enough of not been offered a decent wage rise.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe cost-of-living crisis has affected all workers and our members are not prepared to pay the price while the company enjoy huge revenues.<\/p>\n

\u201cBalfour Beatty is a highly profitable company and they need to use some of their excess wealth to reward their workers properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Balfour Beatty spokesperson said: \u201cWe remain committed to working closely with the RMT Union to reach an appropriate outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, as these discussions remain ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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