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AEROSPACE workers in north Wales announced plans yesterday to launch strike action over pay.
The 200 workers are employed by Canadian multinational components manufacturer Magellan Aerospace in Wrexham.
Their union Unite confirmed they voted a massive 95 per cent in favour of action short of strike and 92 per cent for strike in rejection of a below-inflation three-year pay deal of 1.75 per cent in 2014, 1.85 per cent in 2015 and 1.95 per cent n 2016.
The firm, whose customers include Airbus, Agusta Westlands and Boeing, reported hundreds of millions of pounds in profits last year.
Unite deputy regional secretary for Wales Peter Hughes said: “Magellan and the aerospace sector generally are making very handsome profits, yet it has offered the dedicated and highly skilled workforce a very inadequate three-year pay deal.
“The level of anger that our members feel is reflected by the overwhelming vote for strike action and industrial action short of a strike.”
Strike dates have not been announced yet.
