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MoD workers strike at depot supplying missiles to Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers fire a Croatian RAK-SA-12 128mm multiple rocket launcher towards the Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023
WORKERS at a Ministry of Defence depot in Scotland that supplies missiles to Ukraine are on strike for the first time in their history.
GMB members voted by 93 per cent to down tools at the Defence Equipment and Support (DES) depot at Beith in North Ayrshire in a dispute over bonuses.
The union said DES had created a two-tier workforce because managers and craft workers are paid bonuses but non-craft workers are not.
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