Welsh farm workers set to strike to win same pay as English colleagues

DOZENS of agricultural feed workers in Carmarthen are set to strike for two days this week in a bid to win the same pay as their colleagues in England.
Members of the GMB Wales union working for the ForFarmers agricultural feed company in Wales are paid 30 per cent less than those across the border.
GMB organiser Peter Hill said: “It can’t be right that our members in Wales undertaking exactly the same job are paid significantly less than their counterparts across regions in England.
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