Gavin Dadley – Usdaw regional secretary says: “Usdaw members at Weetabix voted overwhelmingly, by 89%, for industrial action. Subsequently, the union has been in negotiations with the company in attempts to reach a settlement offer that we could recommend to our members for acceptance. However, these negotiations did not achieve that.
“Having given the company notice of three days of industrial action, starting tomorrow, we regret that management have not improved sufficiently on the initial pay offer, which our members have rejected. We now urge the company, even at this late stage, to make an offer that could allow us to postpone this strike action. We remain firmly committed to arriving at a jointly negotiated settlement to end this dispute.”
Notes for editors:
Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is one of the fastest growing unions in the TUC and the UK's fifth biggest trade union with around 360,000 members. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemical industry and other trades www.usdaw.org.uk
Details of planned Weetabix strikes:
- Corby Flake, at the Corby site, a 48-hour stoppage from 6am on 29 April to 5.59am on 1 May.
- Corby Extruded, at the Corby site, a 48-hour stoppage from 6am on 30 April to 5.59am on 2 May.
- For Hot Oat Cereal, at the Corby site, a 24-hour stoppage from 6pm on 29 April to 5.59pm on 30 April.
- For AP1, AP2, AP6 and AP7 (excluding AP7 V Line), at the Burton Latimer site, a 48-hour stoppage from 7am on 29 April to 6.59am on 1 May.
- For AP7 V Line, at the Burton Latimer site, a 24-hour stoppage from 7am on 29 April to 6.59am on 30 April.
- For Alpen, at the Burton Latimer site, a 24-hour stoppage from 7am on 29 April to 6.59am on 30 April.
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