Strikes called off at nuclear site
PA MediaPlanned strike action at a nuclear site has been suspended, union officials have confirmed.
About 2,000 construction workers employed by contractors to work at Sellafield, in Cumbria, were set to down tools between 15 and 21 June because of a dispute over pay.
The workers argued they should receive "a site-specific allowance due to the specialist skills needed to work at a nuclear site and the hazardous nature of that site".
Ryan Armstrong, regional officer at the union Unite, said industrial action had been suspended as an "act of goodwill" to allow "meaningful talks" to take place between the union and employers.
Staff set to take part in the walkout included electricians, joiners, pipe-fitters, riggers, welders and groundworkers employed by six sub-contractors, according to Unite.
Sellafied nuclear site previously said it could not resolve the dispute as it did not employ the workers directly.
