Workers at AWE Aldermaston are striking today (Wednesday). Prospect members at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) headquarters at Aldermaston are planning a 24-hour strike over a pay dispute from 7am today (Wednesday) until 7am tomorrow (Thursday). Pickets will be operational at entrances to the site, which maintains the UK’s nuclear deterrent. General secretary of Prospect, Mike Clancy, said: “Our members at AWE have been left with no option but to take this action after years of stagnating pay. “It is simply unbelievable that within the organisation responsible for maintaining our nuclea…