Sellafield workers prepare for industrial action ballot

Members can expect ballot papers to be sent to their homes later this month. Credit: PA

Unite the Union members at Sellafield are set to hold an industrial action ballot.

This follows a ‘completely unacceptable’ 1.5% pay offer put in place by management from next month, September 2017.

Unite Sellafield shop stewards decided to go ahead with the ballot of the union’s 2,000 members in a meeting on Friday, 4 August 2017.

The RPI inflation rate is currently 3.5%. Last year Sellafield workers received just 0.25% extra pay against annual RPI inflation for 2016 of 1.8%.

As part of government led changes to the pensions of nuclear workers, two thirds of Sellafield workers will also have to pay an extra 2 to 6% on their pensions contributions from next year.

Unite the Union's Regional Officer made this statement:

A spokesperson further commented:

Members can expect ballot papers to be sent to their homes later this month.