Strike called at Everton steel maker Severfield in Bolton

Staff at the Severfield PLC site in Lostock are walking out next week after not being given a bump in pay by bosses, according to the GMB union.

It says that more than 90 per cent of GMB members at the site, working as welders, platers and machine operators, voted in favour of strike action.

The company, which has provided the steel work for iconic projects like the Shard and the new Everton stadium, says it suffered a loss and won’t provide a pay rise.

GMB members have been conducting an overtime ban this week, and will start with one full day of strike action next Monday, February 16, followed by two full days of strike action the following week, on February 23 and 24.

Over 100 workers at a steel firm are set to strike (Image: Google Maps)

GMB regional organiser John Weir said: “No worker anywhere deserves to be offered literally nothing.

“GMB members at Severfield do highly skilled work, in an industry where such talent is in short supply.

“Severfield is a huge company, with revenues of nearly half a billion pounds.

“Regardless of losses in a single year, that workers should shoulder the burden is unacceptable.

“GMB has provided a range of options to settle this dispute, but Severfield continues to say zero per cent is their final offer, so our members are left with no choice but to strike.”

Severfield declined to comment.