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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Workers at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant stage wildcat strike over alleged bullying

A man in a hi-vis jacket and a helmet walks by a construction site at the nuclear power station
One of the two nuclear reactors being build at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater in south-west England. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of workers at the Hinkley Point C nuclear construction site in Somerset have staged a wildcat strike in protest against alleged bullying by the project’s supervisors.

A group of mechanical engineers numbering in the low hundreds stopped work on Tuesday without the backing of their trade unions amid deepening woes within the 26,000-strong workforce over the conditions on the site.

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