THE threat of strike action has been paused at Airbus in Broughton.

Airbus has made a new pay offer, which will now be put to workers by the Unite union.

Unite's Regional Co-ordinating Officer Tony Brady said: "Following negotiations last week between Unite and Airbus we have secured a significantly improved pay offer.

"The proposed industrial action has been suspended and Unite will now put the revised offer back to our members".

Airbus will now await the decision.

A company spokesman said: “We are pleased the Trade Union has paused industrial action and given its members the opportunity to vote on this significantly improved offer and we await the decision.”

Earlier this month workers at Broughton voted for strike action in a dispute over pay.

About 3,000 Airbus employees, members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, voted to strike after the company refused to improve on an "unacceptably low" pay offer for 2021.

It meant they could have gone on strike as early as March.

This comes after workers shouldered a pay freeze in 2020.