The threat of a strike by nuclear power workers has been averted, after a pay dispute was resolved.
Members of the GMB and Unite working on EDF’s Hartlepool and Torness reactors had been due to walk out on Monday.
The unions said workers have accepted a “ground-breaking“ deal with the energy giant that includes recognition and collective bargaining rights and improved productivity bonuses.
The deal is said to cover roles at EDF’s seven power stations – Hartlepool, Torness, Heysham 1 and 2, Dungeness, Hunterston Hinkley Point B and Sizewell B.
GMB national officer Charlotte Brumpton-Childs said: “This deal is groundbreaking, giving our engineering contraction workforce on the EDF fleet a voice, some for the very first time.
“GMB is proud to have achieved a deal that will put money in people’s pockets, give them better protection at work and give them a collective voice moving forward.
“It is challenging work that our members do. It’s time they were rewarded appropriately for it.”
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