The Anzco CMP Rangitikei lockout in Marton continued yesterday as a meeting of workers rejected the company's latest offer.
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly said the company had not significantly changed its position and still wanted pay cuts of up to 20 per cent, shift changes and cuts to allowances.
The workers' resolve remained strong, she said.
"The only movement from the company's last offer is that they are offering to give back 2.5 per cent of the pay cut in April 2013 rather than 2 per cent in October 2013.
"The workers have offered to sacrifice 10 per cent of their pay, despite their average annual income being only around $45,000, with the lowest on $23,000. But Anzco, a multinational with an annual turnover of $1.2 billion, and chief executive Sir Graeme Harrison, want bigger cuts.''
