Workers Who Build And Maintain The UK's Nuclear Warheads Are Voting On Strike Action

The Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire  

SKY News: UK nuclear warhead maintenance staff to vote on strike action 

Nearly 2,000 staff at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) - a company that develops and services the Trident nuclear deterrent - will hold a ballot on industrial action for two weeks from 24 October. 

Workers who build and maintain the UK's nuclear warheads are to vote on strike action over a pay dispute. 

Nearly 2,000 staff at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) - a company that develops and services the Trident nuclear deterrent - will hold a ballot on industrial action for two weeks from 24 October. It comes after staff at the Berkshire-based firm rejected a 5% pay increase and additional lump sum. 

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WNU Editor: Inflation is over 10% in the UK. The offer of a 5% pay increase is actually a 5% decrease. If I was a worker at this company I would be voting to go on strike.

UK Will Take Back Direct Control Of Day-To-Day Operations Of The Country's Nuclear Weapon Warheads From Lockheed Martin

 

  

Defense News: UK government to retake control of its atomic weapons management from industry

LONDON – Britain’s Ministry of Defence has taken back management control of its nuclear weapons facilities from an industry-led consortium that has been running the operation for two decades. 

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement to parliament that the Atomic Weapons Establishment will become wholly owned by the MoD, with the new arrangement expected to be in place by June 2021. 

“Under the revised arrangements, AWE plc will become an arms-length body wholly owned by the MoD. It will continue to be managed by a world-leading team and a new board will be appointed by the MoD,” he told lawmakers. 

Since 1999 AWE has been managed and operated by a Lockheed Martin-led consortium, which also includes Jacobs Engineering and Serco, in a deal which had been expected to run until 2025. The arrangement, won in competition, followed several years of commercial management by Hunting-BRAE. 

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