Manufacturing giant to create 500 jobs
500 jobs are set to be created by JCB after workers secured a new pay deal.
After months of negotiations, staff will receive an inflation-matching pay rise for the next three years, and the Midlands manufacturing titan has committed to a huge investment in jobs and skills.
The offer was accepted in a ballot of a thousand GMB union members across the company and included the creation of as many as 500 new jobs at JCB.
Stuart Harrison, GMB Lead for Manufacturing in the Midlands, said: “After three months of negotiations, this is welcome news for the thousands of JCB workers that make the company the international success story it is.
“Workers across the country are feeling the pinch of a cost-of-living crisis; GMB Reps have worked tirelessly to ensure our members at JCB now have the reassurance of pay that keeps up with their bills for the next three years.
“The investment in 500 new jobs for our area is transformative not just for our workforce, but for the next generation of JCB workers too”.
JCB is planning to move out of its Tunstall logistics base in Stoke-on-Trent and relocate to a new site at East Midlands Gateway Logistics Park.
The World Logistics facility has been operating for more than a decade, but it is only able to store 50% of the parts needed by the UK factories. JCB has said that having multiple sites is not sustainable in the long term.
It offers staff a 5,000 incentive package to persuade them to relocate when JCB makes the move in early 2025.
