Amicus to Ballot all Manual Workers at Rolls-Royce

Amicus to Ballot all Manual Workers at Rolls-Royce

LONDON, September 2/PRNewswire/ -- Amicus trade union is preparing to ballot nearly 800 members at the
Rolls-Royce plant in Bristol as the dispute in support of a sacked Amicus
convenor, Jerry Hicks, escalates

Amicus is preparing to ballot approximately 800 manual workers at
Rolls-Royce in Bristol for strike action to demand Jerry's reinstatement.
This is in addition to 96 engineers in the site's test department where Jerry
worked who began a continuous strike on Tuesday, 23rd August, in support of
the Amicus convenor sacked by the company in July.

The announcement comes on the day of a rally in Bristol in support of
Jerry Hicks. Hundreds of union members and Rolls-Royce workers from all over
the country are expected to attend the rally at 1pm today. Other rallies
have already taken place at Bristol and in Derby.

The union say the ballot will be concluded in September and, if voted
for, strike action will begin in October. Amicus have also warned that they
may also ballot more than 200 Rolls-Royce administrative staff at Bristol.

Amicus' National Officer, Ian Waddell, said:

"Amicus and our members are determined to do everything we can to achieve
Jerry Hick's reinstatement.

"It's unbelievable that the company seem to be willing to let this
dispute grow rather than just do the right thing and give Jerry his job back.

"Rolls-Royce released a statement earlier this week saying that workers
should be careful not to risk a successful business but it's Rolls-Royce that
are prepared to risk a damaging strike because of their failed handling of
industrial relations."

Source: Amicus

Please call Catherine Bithell in the Amicus press office on +44(0)20-7-420-8909 or +44(0)7958-473-224

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