WORKERS at a new power station who walked out on unofficial strike in a row over toilets have agreed to return to work after they were promised more facilities.
About 300 engineering construction workers stopped work on the site in Ferrybridge in a protest about unhygienic toilets.
The workers claimed there were just eight toilets for 650 staff and that they had to bring their own toilet paper at the weekend.
Union representatives and stewards met with management at the site this morning and workers were promised extra facilities if they agreed to return to work.
Geoff Hunt, senior steward for site contractor Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI), said the company had agreed to open another two blocks of toilets and provide them with full-time cleaners.
He said there would be no loss of pay for the two days on strike.
Tim Roache, the GMB’s regional secretary in Yorkshire, said: “The company has agreed to install more sanitary and welfare facilities on the site as appropriate and work will resume as normal tomorrow morning.”
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