WORKERS responsible for maintaining Yarmouth council homes downed tools yesterday for the second week running in a protest over lower wages. The Norse Commercial Services (NCS) staff staged a high-profile demonstration outside Yarmouth Town Hall in their continuing bid to make their bosses change new contracts.
WORKERS responsible for maintaining Yarmouth council homes downed tools yesterday for the second week running in a protest over lower wages.
The Norse Commercial Services (NCS) staff staged a high-profile demonstration outside Yarmouth Town Hall in their continuing bid to make their bosses change new contracts.
Workers say that because of a change in their working hours and the end of overtime they have lost at least �2,000 from their annual wage packets.
The protest was again organised by the union Ucatt because it feels it was deceived by not being involved in the drawing up of the new NCS contract last October to maintain Yarmouth Borough Council homes.
The strikers say that as a result of their industrial action and new working hours there is a backlog of 300 homes that need work doing - and that number could rise as further strikes are planned later in the month.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here