UNOFFICIAL strike action is set to grip Guernsey on Monday. Sources say that States Works employees were being told yesterday not to go to work because ‘it’s a day of strike’.

Airport firemen were also talking about similar moves, although feelings were reportedly not as strong. Action could also happen at the harbours.

The island is entering a summer of discontent with manual workers unhappy with their pay offer as inflation spirals. States Works employs around 230 people. These include road cleaners, people working at the tip, sewage cart drivers, traffic light maintenance and signs and lines.

Contingency plans are in place, although details were not being released until it happens. Unite’s regional industrial organiser Ron Le Cras (pictured) said that no official position was being taken.

‘Public sector workers are very upset at the pay offer by the Public Sector Remuneration Committee. If anything happens, that’s up to the members,’ he said. ‘But I wouldn’t be surprised if there was action because of the feelings.’