Overview
- GMB members launched walkouts on Wednesday that will continue every Wednesday for six weeks, with a continuous overtime ban now in force.
- The strike followed a ballot with 80.42% turnout and 96.49% voting in favor of industrial action after last-ditch talks failed.
- Union leaders cite imposed shift allowances and pay below industry standards for unsocial hours, calling the company’s offer a pitiful deal.
- SeAH Wind says the project is privately funded and denies receiving government subsidies, outlining role-specific increases of 1.3% to 15.2% that it says lift total 2025 compensation by 3.1% to 18.8%, with operators earning over £40,000 and skilled roles topping £63,000 with shifts.
- The plant is supplying monopiles for Ørsted’s 2.9GW Hornsea 3 and remains in ramp-up with no first monopile delivered yet, and Windpower Monthly noted the project had been expected to be fully commissioned by 2027 before the strike.