Contractors employed to maintain the weapons systems on Trident nuclear submarines are set to walk out on strike next week in a row over pay.
Specialist staff at the the Coulport armaments base on Loch Long will down tools for 24 hours on both December 16 and 20 unless a last minute deal with bosses can be reached.
Further days of strike action are scheduled on January 11 and 25 as well as February 8 and 22.Unite the union has called for the ABL Alliance - which employs the civilian workers - to offer a pay rise of 3.8 per cent in line with inflation.
The high security Coulport base by the Firth of Clyde is the storage facility for nuclear warheads which are loaded on to Royal Navy submarines based at nearby Faslane.
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