Grangemouth Port Workers to Take Strike Action
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Staff at the Port of Grangemouth - one of the country’s biggest ports handling 150,000 containers each year - have voted for strike action over changes to conditions by employer Forth Ports, reports Daily Record.
Workers at Scotland's largest container port are to begin a two-week strike on Tuesday in a dispute over rotas and pay.
The union Unite said all but two of 75 "operatives" based at the Port of Grangemouth had voted for action in a ballot. The workers include crane drivers and loaders.
Trade union Unite have balloted staff and workers said there was near unanimous support for industrial action.