Staff had voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action
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A further day of industrial action by drivers and conductors on Nottingham trams has been announced. Staff staged their first ever walkout earlier in the week in a row over a pay freeze, despite last-ditch talks to avert strike action. The GMB union had called for a 5% pay increase but operators Nottingham Tram Consortium (NTC) refused because it faces a drop in its annual income. The union said its members would take strike action on Monday. A reduced tram service and replacement buses will be in operation, NTC said. The union said 89.8% of its 134 members had voted in a favour of a walkout in a ballot earlier this month. NTC had said it was unable to make a new pay offer because its income is linked to the May Retail Prices Index, a negative figure, meaning that for the first time its annual income would fall.
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