Industrial action by Unite members working for PX Limited at Sellafield has been averted after they accepted an enhanced pay deal.

Almost 40 workers based at the Cumbria site had planned to walk out last month, but this was stopped after negotiations between Unite and the employer led to a new pay offer which was balloted on.

Staff have now accepted a pay offer of four per cent across all salaries and roles, along with an additional one-off one per cent payment for this year, bringing it to an inflation-busting five per cent. This is backdated to 1 May this year.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "This is an important win for our members at PX Limited, who stood together to ensure they were given an appropriate pay deal. Unite have once again delivered for our members on pay."

The workers who were involved in this dispute at PX Limited provide critical process steam and electricity to Sellafield and any industrial action would have caused major disruption to the nuclear site.

PX Limited has also committed to undertake benchmarking to ensure pay is competitive within the energy sector. Unite believes any benchmarking should consider the full remuneration package, not just a direct salary comparison.

Unite regional officer Ryan Armstrong said: "We were always willing to negotiate with PX Limited to avoid disruptive industrial action and we are very pleased this has ended in a much-improved pay offer from the company.

"Unite looks forward to working with them on benchmarking, in order to ensure any future pay offers reflect the intrinsic and specialist work our members at PX Limited do at Sellafield."

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