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Hunterston nuclear power station workers on strike

Workers employed by Balfour Kilpatrick at Hunterston nuclear power station began a series of weekly strikes today.

The decision to take strike action came after management withdrew a 50p/hour bonus that had been in place for 30 years. There are around 40 employees, members of the Amicus union, involved in the strikes, which will occur every Tuesday and Wednesday indefinitely.

UK: Cottam power station wildcat strike

Fifteen men have been sacked due to a wildcat strike last week at Cottam power station near Lincoln.

Fifty-one British engineers, electricians and welders walked out last week on wildcat due to underpayment of Hungarian workers employed on a desulphurisation project at the plant. Amicus' regional officer Bernard McAulay said the workers had been underpaid £1m by Austrian subcontractor SFL.

BBC strike this month?

500 BBC production staff are likely to strike on the 15th and 23rd of February over job cuts. Mergers of production jobs, likely to cause over 100 job losses according to the union BECTU, have provoked the decision to strike by workers in Bristol, London, Birmingham and Manchester.

"According to Bectu officer Luke Crawley: "Our members are saying that they are prepared to strike because they are not happy with the BBC's proposals.

"The BBC want to introduce the new role of assistant producer which will do radio and web content production and studio management.

1.5 million may strike over pensions

Workers in nine different unions are to be balloted for strike action over Whitehall plans to alter the local government pensions scheme.

Unison, AMICUS, the Transport and General Workers Union, GMB, FBU and the NUT are amongst the unions involved, in what has been described as potentially the largest walk-out since the general strike of 1926. Talks have been going on for a year around the issue.

Strike at RAF air base averted for talks

Strike action has been suspended at a Shropshire air base to allow further talks to take place with bosses over a long-running pay dispute.

FB Heliservices staff at RAF Shawbury had been due out today and tomorrow, but action has been suspended pending further meetings.

They have already been out on the picket lines this month following the collapse of drawn-out pay negotiations.

Amicus union regional officer, Mick Tuff, said action had been suspended pending further talks but things would be made clearer at a later date.

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