Safety warning as lighthouse workers vote for strike action

Unite said that strike dates will be announced in due course.

Lighthouse workers have voted to take strike action (David Cheskin/PA) (PA Archive)

Safety at sea will be compromised after lighthouse workers voted for strike action in a dispute over pay, a union has warned.

Unite the union said that its members employed by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) are set to take “historic” strike action, with dates to be announced in due course.

The union blamed the UK Government for the situation, saying that NLB is in effect being forced to offer a “pitiful” 2%, when other public sector workers have been offered significantly more.