Workers at Plymouth luxury boatbuilder Princess Yachts have been given a whopping pay rise after threatening to go on strike. Union bosses said the pay offer went from nothing to an above inflation 6.5% after workers voted to down tools.

More than 1,000 members of the Unite union were balloted in July on whether to walk out for one day a week for up to six months. Union bosses said employees were angry after not being offered a pay rise this year.

The vote came back last month in favour of industrial action and union chiefs went into talks with management which averted a strike and resulted in a new pay offer for nearly 1,200 workers. This has been accepted by staff after another vote.

The pay rise means those on the lowest pay grades will see their wages increase by between £2,000 an

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