Workers at County Durham chemicals firm Thomas Swan have voted to launch a series of 24 hour strikes in response to a pay offer.
GMB members at the Consett plant will stop work in response to a 5.1% pay increase offer - capped at £1,000 - which the union says will result in a majority getting less. The £37m turnover company, which also has operations in the US and China, says it has offered GMB representatives talks via ACAS.
The planned strikes will take place on November 30, December 7 and 14 and January 4 and 21. Thomas Swan, which employs about 178 people, says a resolution is within reach.
