Dec 7, 2014
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Workers at the Defence Support Group are angry about a wage offer that falls below the inflation rate as well as anxious about their jobs after announcements that the group will be privatised next year.
Workers at the Defence Support Group, which is in charge of maintenance and repairs of Defence equipment, organised a four day strike over a wage offer of 1%. The main sites affected by the industrial action were Bovington, Dorset; Catterick, North Yorkshire; Colchester, Essex; Donnington, Shropshire; Stirling and Warminster, Wiltshire. The workers are angry about a wage offer that falls below the inflation rate as well as anxious about their jobs after announcements that the group will be privatised next year.
English: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30074422
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