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High Court Rejects BAE Bid to Halt Unite Strikes at Warton and Samlesbury

The decision keeps November walkouts on track as BAE weighs an appeal.

Overview

  • Mr Justice Soole dismissed BAE Systems’ injunction application and said written reasons will follow.
  • Unite’s planned action at the Lancashire sites is scheduled to continue until 25 November after members rejected a 2025 pay offer.
  • BAE argued the union told quality professionals to stop training managers for aircraft testing, a claim Unite denied as it says the training was only a request.
  • BAE is considering an appeal, while Unite is calling for renewed pay talks in the company’s Air division.
  • PA reported fewer than 70 employees are involved out of about 12,000 at the sites, with production lines continuing to operate.