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22 June 2005
UK Casino Workers Back Strike
Call In Pay Row
Around
200 Glasgow casino workers are backing strike action after a
landmark ballot in their pay battle.
Staff at the city branch
of Stanley Casinos in Sauchiehall Street were among 2000
employees to vote for action in Britain's first consultative
strike ballot of casino workers.
Negotiations between
casino bosses and GMB union officials have failed to find a
deal, with the company's 3.2% "final offer" being
rejected.
Union officials claim the
first round of talks lasted barely 15 minutes. And that
sparked the ballot, which resulted in 77% of GMB members
backing action.
Union spokesman Richard
Leonard said: "This certainly is a mandate for industrial
action."
The Stanley group, which
has 41 casinos, generated £26million profits last
year.
Pay talks are expected to
re-open on Monday.
A spokeswoman for the
company said: "Stanley is committed to finding an acceptable
solution.
"We are still in
discussions with the GMB to try to resolve this dispute."
AROUND 200 Glasgow casino workers are backing strike action
after a landmark ballot in their pay battle.
Staff at the city branch
of Stanley Casinos in Sauchiehall Street were among 2000
employees to vote for action in Britain's first consultative
strike ballot of casino workers.
Negotiations between
casino bosses and GMB union officials have failed to find a
deal, with the company's 3.2% "final offer" being
rejected.
Union officials claim the
first round of talks lasted barely 15 minutes. And that
sparked the ballot, which resulted in 77% of GMB members
backing action.
Union spokesman Richard
Leonard said: "This certainly is a mandate for industrial
action."
The Stanley group, which
has 41 casinos, generated £26million profits last
year.
Pay talks are expected to
re-open on Monday.
A spokeswoman for the
company said: "Stanley is committed to finding an acceptable
solution.
"We are still in
discussions with the GMB to try to resolve this dispute."
AROUND 200 Glasgow casino workers are backing strike action
after a landmark ballot in their pay battle.
Staff at the city branch
of Stanley Casinos in Sauchiehall Street were among 2000
employees to vote for action in Britain's first consultative
strike ballot of casino workers.
Negotiations between
casino bosses and GMB union officials have failed to find a
deal, with the company's 3.2% "final offer" being
rejected.
Union officials claim the
first round of talks lasted barely 15 minutes. And that
sparked the ballot, which resulted in 77% of GMB members
backing action.
Union spokesman Richard
Leonard said: "This certainly is a mandate for industrial
action."
The Stanley group, which
has 41 casinos, generated £26million profits last
year.
Pay talks are expected to
re-open on Monday.
A spokeswoman for the
company said: "Stanley is committed to finding an acceptable
solution.
"We are still in
discussions with the GMB to try to resolve this
dispute."
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