Some 300 Marshalls employees at five sites across England are being balloted for strike action over pay.
Marshalls sites are in Halifax in West Yorkshire, Stockton-on-Tees in Cleveland, Sandy in Bedfordshire, St Ives in Cambridgeshire and Ramsbottom in Lancashire.
The workers have rejected a pay offer of a one-off non-consolidated 拢700 payment for 2024.
The ballots for strike action will close on 11th November.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: 鈥淥ur members are well aware that Marshalls is a highly profitable company and will not accept its derisory pay offer. They have Unite鈥檚 full support in demanding a fair pay rise.鈥�
Unite national officer Jason Poulter said: 鈥淢arshalls can well afford to put forward a fair pay deal for this year. Strike action can still be avoided but that requires Marshalls to table an offer our members can accept.鈥�
A Marshalls spokesperson said: 鈥淲e are aware that Unite is in the process of balloting their members after rejecting the 2024 pay offer. We have since made an updated two-year offer. We await the outcome of the ballot and continue to work with the union to find a satisfactory resolution.鈥�
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