Hundreds of defence workers, including staff in Reading, have secured a new pay deal after threatening strike action.
Over 300 workers employed by defence manufacturer Thales secured an improved pay offer of 4.3 per cent (above the rate of inflation) and backdated to January. This comes after talks with Thales through the conciliation service Acas.
Thales is the sole supplier of periscopes and optronics masts to the Royal Navy. The company has record levels of orders with the Ministry of Defence recently announcing export deals for Thales' worth £1.1 billion sustaining hundreds of jobs in Glasgow.
Hundreds of Unite members based at the Thales’ sites in Govan, Glasgow, and the company’s Reading headquarters based in Green Park had emphatically backed strike action to get an enhanced pay offer from the company.
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Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "Thales workers have secured a decent pay deal. The improved deal only came about after the workers backed taking strike action to get what they deserved.”
The workers involved in the ballot include electronics, software and systems engineers along with manufacturing and mechanical technicians.
Unite regional coordinator Elaine Dougall said: “This deal will provide a welcome boost to the pay packets of our members.”
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