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STAFF at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) sites are set to strike over pension cuts.
Workers overwhelmingly backed action in protest at plans to close their final-salary pension scheme — with 92 per cent of Unite members voting to strike and 87 per cent of Prospect members doing so.
Some 4,000 people are employed at AWE, a consortium including Lockheed Martin, Jacobs Engineering and Serco.
Unite regional officer Bob Middleton said: “The large vote for industrial action was given an extra edge by the betrayal of promises over pensions made by the Ministry of Defence in the 1990s,” when the workforce transferred to the private sector.
Prospect negotiator Richard Tabbard called on the government to intervene, noting: “This is an incredibly strong mandate for industrial action.”
