Alfreton Blocks Plant [Google StreetView]A strike at Tarmac's concrete block plant in Alfreton, Derbyshire, has been called off after Unite members accepted an improved offer on shift pay from the company. However, the dispute has now been resolved after the workers accepted enhanced terms around shift pay. They will also now get double time overtime rate for bank holiday working where it is not a scheduled working day. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This is yet another example of Unite winning for workers up and down the country. It always pays to be a member of a union.”Workers at the Alfreton plant will also get a 4% pay rise backdated to 1st January 2025.