27
February
2013
Pilkington Glass has written to members of the PSS on the 15 February 2013, confirming that the Company intends to freeze employees' salaries by 30 April 2013 for the purpose of pensionable pay.
Therefore, pensionable pay will not rise in the future.
The Company has also issued our members with an ultimatum that if they do not agree to the freezing of pensionable pay then there will be no further increases in their salaries and therefore there would be no more annual pay increases, no increases through promotion and no increases through re-grading.
The GMB Trade-Union has objected to this ultimatum and Charlie Leonard, GMB Trade-Union Senior Organiser, has written to the Company informing them that in his view the Company is intimidating the PSS members into accepting the changes and that Pilkington Glass is also undermining the integrity of Collective Bargaining between the GMB Trade-Union and Pilkington Glass.
He further goes on to say that this is a retrograde step which undermines the trust and confidence between the GMB Trade-Union and the Company.
We are presently consulting our members in respect of this new development
