The pay strikes by more than 180 workers employed at TMD Friction’s facility in Hartlepool, UK, which supplies car makers with brake products, have ended after the Unite union secured a two year 11% pay deal.
Around 150 workers began industrial action in early January, with the number growing to over 180 workers by the end of the month.
The workers have now voted to accept the deal of a 7.5% pay rise backdated to June 2023, and a 3.5% rise from June this year.
The deal stipulates that if UK inflation hits 5% in June 2024, then a review of pay would be triggered in January 2025. If any TMD employee at the Hartlepool site that is not part of the Unite bargaining unit receives a higher rise during the length of the deal, then Unite members will be paid the difference.
