1000s of engineering construction workers ready to strike – Auto Republish

More than 3,000 workers have voted for industrial action

Thousands of construction workers at energy sites across the UK have said they are ‘ready to strike’ – but have called on bosses to make a fresh pay offer.

More than 3,000 workers at Stanlow, Fawley, Valero, Grangemouth and Mossmorran Oil Refineries, Sellafield Nuclear Facility and nuclear power stations have voted for industrial action.

At a crunch meeting this week, workers indicated they were ready to walk out, but called on bosses to make a fresh pay deal and avert industrial action.

Last week, workers turned down a pay deal of 10 per cent for 2024 and a further 5 per cent for 2025.

Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, GMB National Officer, said:

“These engineering construction workers have voted to strike and say they are ready to strike.

“But they’ve called on bosses to come back to the table with a new deal to avert industrial action.

“These are extremely skilled workers, whose pay has plummeted up to 20 per cent during the past decade.

“If a new offer is not forthcoming, strikes across the UK are inevitable.”