© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Balfour Beatty sign is seen at a construction site in London, Britain, October 30, 2015. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/Files
(Reuters) – More than 100 engineering workers at Balfour Beatty (OTC:) will stage three 48-hour strikes in March over pay disputes, Britain’s RMT union said on Saturday.
The decision comes after the National Union of Railway, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) rejected the company’s offer to increase wages by 5.5% from April 2022.
“Balfour Beatty is a highly profitable company and they need to use some of their excess wealth to properly reward their workers,” RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said.
The strikes will start at 2200 GMT on Fridays until 0959 GMT on Sundays from March 3-5, March 10-12 and March 17-19.
Hundreds of thousands of workers, many in the public sector, have gone on strike in Britain over the past year to demand wage increases from employers that take into account the worst inflation in four decades.
