{"id":32306,"date":"2025-09-14T10:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/union-calls-off-strike-at-tarmac-block-plant\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T10:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:20:45","slug":"union-calls-off-strike-at-tarmac-block-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/union-calls-off-strike-at-tarmac-block-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Union calls-off strike at Tarmac block plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-501375\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Around 30 <span class=\"il\">Unite<\/span> members at the plant were set to walk out next Monday and Tuesday after rejecting a pay offer of four per cent.<\/p>\n<p>But a new deal has now been put forward by Tarmac to the maintenance workers, quality technicians and fitters who make aerated concrete blocks.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Unite<\/span> regional officer Paula Stephens said: \u201cFollowing negotiations between <span class=\"il\">Unite<\/span> and Tarmac, a new pay offer has been put forward. We have therefore suspended strike action to allow our members to have their say on whether to accept the offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/09\/12\/union-calls-off-strike-at-tarmac-block-plant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Around 30 Unite members at the plant were set to walk out next Monday and Tuesday after rejecting a &#8230; <a title=\"Union calls-off strike at Tarmac block plant\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/union-calls-off-strike-at-tarmac-block-plant\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Union calls-off strike at Tarmac block plant\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}