 Staff will work no more than 37 hours each week |
Staff at Land Rover are stepping up their industrial action in a dispute over pay. Members of the TGWU and GMB trades unions are joining Amicus members in withdrawing the flexible working time arrangements they have with the car maker.
Staff at the Land Rover plant in Solihull, West Midlands, will work no more than 37 hours each week from 0730 GMT on Monday.
Workers want more than the 6.5% pay increase over two years offered by Land Rover, which is owned by US car giant Ford.
'Possible escalation'
Staff say the deal would leave them worse off than their colleagues at Jaguar - another Ford company.
By sticking to a maximum of 37 hours each week, staff are rejecting the current system under which working hours are flexible over the course of a year.
Workers at the plant in Solihull enforced an overtime ban days before Christmas and warned managers further action would be taken in the New Year if the pay issue was not addressed.
Shop stewards are due to meet again on Wednesday to consider their next move.
Amicus chief negotiator Duncan Simpson said: "In the meantime, we call upon the company to think again and reopen negotiations in order to avoid a possible escalation of the dispute."
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