WORKERS at an exhaust manufacturing firm downed tools on Friday for a two day strike.
Up to 250 employees at Nicholsons near Glasson Dock walked out and formed a picket line to protest at pay and conditions.
Workers claim that they are being paid less than other workers in the exhaust industry and have worse conditions.
A TGWU spokesman said that Nicolson's employers had been offered just half of what comparative workers in the industry had been offered.
They also want to secure better working conditions and a redundancy package for employees.
One worker told the Citizen: "Everyone's right behind the strike action and we' re prepared to keep at it."
The company said it was no commenting on the industrial action.
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