Royal Navy warship builders have voted to strike over a pay dispute and could bring production to a grinding halt in a fresh blow to the military.
The walkouts risk delays to BAE Systems’ warships being built on the upper Clyde in west Scotland as shipyard workers supplying tools, materials and equipment formed a picket line today.
GMB Scotland Union members rejected a three-year pay offer, and now striking dockworkers employed by GXO Logistics stand to further disrupt the completion of the already delayed HMS Glasgow.
The ship is the first of eight Type 26 anti-submarine frigates for the Royal Navy.
Union members claim the offer does
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