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Nick Forbes

Royal Navy tugboat crews to walk out in contract dispute

Royal Navy tugboat and marine services crews, some of whom move nuclear submarines, are set to take strike action in March in a dispute over proposed contract changes.

Unite said 300 of its members at Devonport in Devon, Portsmouth in Hampshire, and at Faslane, Great Harbour Greenock and Kyle of Lochalsh in Scotland will walk out amid claims they are being locked out of consultations between their employer and the Royal Navy over the services they provide.

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