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Qinetiq workers vote on action
Key British military equipment programmes could be disrupted as workers at Qinetiq move a step closer to strike action today. Unions representing almost half of the defence research company’s 8,000 employees will send out ballot papers, after discussions over pay broke down last week. Unions are condemning an “autocratic” decision by management to freeze basic salaries.
A spokesman for Prospect said that the results would be announced on 1 June and strikes could be as early as the middle of June.