Workers threaten strike action at nuclear demolition site

Around 450 workers at Scotland's largest nuclear clean-up and demolition project are being balloted for strike action over a pay dispute, Unite has confirmed. The workers, employed by Magnox, are based at Dounreay Power Station which is located in the far north of the country, around 30 miles from John o’ Groats. Unite explained the dispute is a result of what it describes as an inadequate pay offer of 4.5% effective from April last year which was “emphatically rejected” by 95% in a consultative pay ballot.

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