Princess Yachts workers win 6.5% pay rise after strike threat

WORKERS at Plymouth luxury boatbuilder Princess Yachts have been given a whopping pay rise after threatening to go on strike. Union bosses said the pay offer went from nothing to an above inflation 6.5% after workers voted to down tools.

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More than 1,000 members of the Unite union were balloted in July on whether to walk out for one day a week for up to six months. Union bosses said employees were angry after not being offered a pay rise this year. The vote came back last month in favour of industrial action and union chiefs went into talks with management which averted a strike and resulted in a new pay offer for nearly 1,200 work