Workers at Britain's main nuclear submarine base voted on Wednesday to go on strike over pay for the first time in 42 years, a step that their union warned could have significant implications for the running of the Scottish naval base.
The Faslane naval base, on the River Clyde east of Glasgow, is the home of Britain's fleet of nuclear submarines which are armed with Trident ballistic missiles.
The dispute between workers and the company that runs the site, Babcock Marine, part of Babcock International Group PLC, arose over plans to cap pay rises at 1 percent.
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