Faslane, Clyde Naval Base - Industrial action over cuts to Firefighters

Posted: 16th September 2021

EMERGENCY workers at the home of Britain’s nuclear weapons on the Clyde are today starting continuous industrial action over “major safety concerns” after managers slashed firefighter numbers. Action has been given the go-ahead following a ballot of workers after managers proceeded with cuts to eight posts from the specialist fire safety crew at HM Naval Base Clyde, a reduction in strength of 15 per cent, with the a union describing it as an “an accident waiting to happen”.