Hundreds of workers at Scots nuclear power station to strike amid row over pay
dailyrecord.co.ukHundreds of employees at a Scots nuclear power station are set to go on strike amid a row over pay. A total of 460 workers at Dounreay power station in the Highlands will down their tools on May 1 and May 2.
Unite the Union, which represents the staff, said an overtime ban will also be in place as further industrial action is scheduled for May 15 and May 29.
The union previously warned that strike action was ‘inevitable' after it gave employers Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (NRS) a ‘final opportunity’ to resolve the dispute by making a revised pay offer.
The Record understands it has recently changed its trading name from Magnox Limited.Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Our members at Dounreay are a highly skilled and dedicated workforce, it is disgraceful that the management at NRS think that a substantial real terms pay cut is in any way acceptable.
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