GSK man­u­fac­tur­ing work­ers vote to strike over pay dis­pute as Walm­s­ley promis­es com­pa­ny growth

Glax­o­SmithK­line is fac­ing the very re­al pos­si­bil­i­ty of a strike — and the tim­ing couldn’t be worse for CEO Em­ma Walm­s­ley, as she promis­es a new era of growth amid pres­sure from ac­tivists.

Mem­bers of Unite, a union that rep­re­sents around 700 of Glax­o­SmithK­line’s UK-based man­u­fac­tur­ing work­ers, vot­ed 86% in fa­vor of go­ing on strike af­ter the phar­ma of­fered what work­ers called “a de­riso­ry” pay raise. While the com­pa­ny of­fered 2.75% over last year’s pay, the union ar­gued the true rate of in­fla­tion is up 9% over last year, ac­cord­ing to a Wednes­day an­nounce­ment.

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