Community (union)

The action at Mackinnon of Scotland, a subsidiary of Edinburgh Wool Mill, will begin on the same day as the tournament begins, with a series of strikes to follow if the dispute is not resolved.

Workers voted 85% in favour of the action, after Edinburgh Wool Mill refused to make a pay offer, according to the Community trade union.

Dozens of workers at Nylatex downed tools because they claimed they had not had a pay rise in four years and that management had not budgeted for any increase this year.

At noon, 12 workers on the morning shift walked out of the Long Eaton firm two hours before the end of their shift, and the same number of workers on the afternoon and night shifts did the same.