Workers at a missile firm in east Belfast have voted for industrial action
Workers at the Belfast site of the missile-making firm Thales have voted in favour of industrial action.Thales employs more than 600 workers in NI and the company said it wanted to resolve the dispute "as quickly as possible".The Ministry of Defencetwo contracts worth millions of pounds last year. The contracts are part of a programme to develop a weapons system that uses no ammunition.
Unite members had sought a wage increase of 8.1% in January of this year - in response management offered workers a 5% increase and a one-off payment of £500.General secretary of Unite, Sharon Graham, said: "The success of Thales in Northern Ireland has been trumpeted widely by the Tory government - indeed it was recently visited by a government minister.
Unite regional coordinating officer, Susan Fitzgerald said that Thales management would be best advised to stop taking its workforce for granted.
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