Workers at Nissan’s successful UK plant are urging the company to recognise their input in the next round of pay talks.
As Nissan celebrates over 1m cars being built over the past two years, Unite, Britain’s biggest union, is calling on the company to boost pay and conditions. The milestone for the Sunderland plant was reached as the new model of its Qashqai was named the 2014 Car of the Year by the UK’s ‘What Car?’ magazine.
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Unite national officer, Tony Murphy said: “Building over a million cars in two years is a sign of the company’s success, but it is also a sign of the phenomenal achievements of the workforce in Sunderland.
“Nissan must recognise the contribution of the workforce during the next set of pay negotiations. Nissan workers deserve a boost in their pay and conditions. The company says its workforce sets the benchmark for productivity and quality so it is only right that their pay and conditions matches their effort and expertise.”
The Nissan workforce is currently in the final year of a two-year pay deal. Unite will soon begin preparing its pay claim for January 2015.
