Planned strike action at two Morrisons warehouses has been suspended after the supermarket made a new pay offer.
Around 1,000 employees at the grocer’s warehouses in Gadbrook in Cheshire and Wakefield in West Yorkshire went on strike from 23 to 26 May in a dispute over pensions and take-home pay.
Unite claimed staff were being forced to increase their own pension contributions while Morrisons reduces its by the same amount in a change that would leave workers £500 a year worse off.
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Another walk-out was scheduled between 13 and 16 June but was called off by the union as a “goodwill gesture”, the BBC reported.
It comes after Unite received a new pay offer from the supermarket giant, which is currently subject to ballot from members.
A Morrisons spokesperson told the publication: “We are pleased that through open communication with Unite we have together found a way forward – subject to the result of the ballot.”
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