Wrexham Aerospace Workers To Strike Over ‘Inadequate’ Pay Offer

Workers at Magellan Aerospace in Wrexham have voted for strike action over a ‘very inadequate’ three year pay offer.

Officials from Unite, Wales’ largest union, were meeting shop stewards today at the North Wales site to decide dates for industrial action.

Unite’s members voted by 92 per cent for strike action and by 95 per cent for industrial action short of a strike to reject the pay deal. The offer was for 1.75 per cent in 2014; 1.85 per cent next year; and 1.95 per cent in 2016.

200 members of staff work on the staff floor, with Unite representing the majority of workers.

Unite deputy regional secretary for Wales Peter Hughes said: “Magellan and the aerospace sector generally are making very handsome profits, yet it has offered the dedicated and highly skilled workforce a very inadequate three year pay deal.

“The level of anger that our members feel is reflected by the overwhelming vote for strike action and industrial action short of a strike.

“We call on the management to get back around the table and negotiate a fair and equitable pay deal that reflects the cost of living crisis our members and their families are facing on a daily basis.”

Magellan Aerospace at the Llay industrial estate is a leading design-to- manufacture supplier of aerospace structural components. Its customers include Airbus, Agusta Westlands and Boeing.