In Scotland lighthouse workers today, 27 July, are to take part in a second wave of industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay with the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB).
The union UNITE has confirmed that its NLB members will resume a 24-hour strike today, this follows previous strike-action which took place last month.
As ITV News reports approximately 40 members of UNITE, including able seamen, base assistants, cooks and technicians will walk out with pickets in place at Oban. This is where NLB's marine operations depot in located in west Scotland along as the homeport for both their aids to navigation vessels are based.
The strike-action will run throughout the day and end tomorrow, 28 July at noon and the dispute follows a previous 24-hour stoppage which took place in late June.
Workers of the NLB which maintain navigational buoys and lighthouses for the safety of shipping in Scottish waters, voted in April to take the first strike action in the board’s 247-year history.
The strike took place after workers were offered a 2% pay rise amid double-digit inflation.
General secretary of UNITE, Sharon Graham said: “At the heart of this dispute is an unacceptable 2% pay offer which does absolutely nothing to help keep families and households afloat during the worst cost of living crisis in a generation".
More on the strike-action here at the General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) for Scotland and the Isle Man, see Afloat's rail related coverage yesterday on GLA's in the UK and Ireland.
