Comhairle nan Eilean Siar SNP Group are fully supportive of the decision by members of Prospect Union to stage a one day strike on 29 July over plans to centralise air traffic control in Inverness.
Group leader, Cllr Gordon Murray stated : "The SNP Group at the Comhairle are fully behind the industrial action planned on 29th July by Prospect Union."
"We believe that our communities should be united with the staff who are most affected by this decision to centralise to Inverness. This is more than just a strike and should be seen as a community demonstration against a decision that will have a huge economic impact on our islands stripping half a million of wages out of our communities annually.
"I urge everyone to support these workers on 29th July as they fight not only the future of air traffic control in our islands but for the future of our communities."
