19-07-2025
Teesworks SeAH wind firm workers win right to union recognition
Workers at a wind turbine parts factory have won the right to union government's central arbitration committee accepted an application by the GMB union for SeAH Wind Ltd workers at Teesworks, near Redcar, after concluding that enough workers wanted to be in a company, which builds wind turbine monopiles, had refused voluntary recognition because the factory was not yet fully GMB said the "historic victory" meant the business would be the first at Teesworks to be unionised. SeAH has been contacted for comment.
The manufacturing firm, owned by South Korea's SeAH Steel Holding, broke ground at Teesworks in has received hundreds of millions of pounds in investment to help address the growing demand for green bargaining unit would comprise of "all hourly paid manual workers employed at SeAH Wind Ltd Teesside", the application application was accepted in a ruling on Organiser Andy Blunt said: "This is a major breakthrough for workers' rights at SeAh and should send a clear message to all employers working out of Teesworks - trade union recognition is not an optional extra."The GMB said SeAH had 20 days to reach an agreement.
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