DHL NEASDEN MEMBERS STRIKE

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: november/december 2012 :: RMTnews 5 RMT members at DHL’s Neasden depot in North London have won a four-year pay offer worth 12 per cent after taking 24-hour strike action following a unanimous vote. Neasden members had planned more strike action as the company had imposed a pay freeze and they were on lower pay scales than those members at DHL Enfield despite attempts by RMT to negotiate a settlement. However industrial action brought management back to the table and a four-year deal was hammered out which has been put out to a referendum. RMT assistant general secretary Steve Hedley congratulated the members for standing firm to win pay justice. “Because these workers stood firm together with the same 100 per cent solidarity as they have shown in the ballot for strike action they can hold their heads high and be proud of what they have achieved,” he said The International Transport Workers’ Federation delivered a message of support from Turkish DHL workers to their colleagues on the picket line in Neasden. ITF organising globally assistant coordinator Alen Clifford delivered the message and good wishes from workers in Turkey represented by the Tumtis union who have held non-stop picket lines at DHL bases in Istanbul for 128 days in protest at sackings and victimisation of DHL workers in Turkey. “We are pleased to be able to deliver the personal greetings and pledges of support from the beleaguered Turkish workers staffing ongoing picket lines to their colleagues in London. Both groups are united by a wish to see simple justice govern their workplaces,” he said. DHL WORKERS WIN PAY OFFER Strike breaks pay freeze and wins offer of 12 per cent increase over four years