Workers at Leonardo’s Luton site have secured a pay rise after months of tension with the aerospace giant, bringing an end to the threat of further strike action at the town’s high-tech manufacturing hub.
The agreement follows a turbulent autumn that had seen staff at Capability Green join colleagues across the UK in walkouts earlier this month over what they argued were real-terms pay cuts.
That dispute has now concluded with employees accepting an offer worth eight per cent over two years, a noticeably stronger package than the earlier deals workers rejected.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “There is power in a union and workers at Leonardo should be proud of the increased pay award they have secured. Workers stood firm against a company making billions in profits. Our members do vital work in helping keep the UK safe and thoroughly deserve their win.”
Unite confirmed that with the new pay offer accepted, all planned industrial action has been cancelled. The union had already staged walkouts and warned of further dates before the breakthrough.
Unite national aerospace officer Rhys McCarthy said: “This is a positive result for workers in aerospace and should be a warning to other employers in the sector – Unite members know their worth and are willing to take industrial action to achieve their aims. Unite is the winning union for aerospace workers.”
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