Power station workers to walk out after rejecting ‘real terms pay cut’

More than 500 Highland power station workers are to walk out this week after “overwhelmingly” rejecting a pay offer that their union has said represents a “significant real terms pay cut”. Unite the Union said workers at Dounreay power station in Thurso voted to reject a revised pay offer, which proposed a one-off £500 payment on top of a 4.5% wage increase. Unite says the offer from employer Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) represents a real terms pay cut with inflation and RPI factored in. The union announced the workers will strike on Wednesday with an overtime ban to come into place the next day. They have also planned another strike date on May 29 and are preparing to add more if the NRS does not act. It comes after two previous strike dates on May 1-2 were cancelled while unions and workers considered the new pay offer. However, with the offer rejected, the strikes are now back on the cards. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite’s growing membership at Dounreay power station have overwhelmingly rejected this revised pay offer because it still represents a significant real terms pay cut. “Unite will continue to back our members at Dounreay power...

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