Unite and the GMB and have slammed Nestle for proposing 300 job losses as it moves production of the iconic Blue Riband chocolate biscuit to Poland. The confectionary giant is making the…Read more…
Urgent meeting call
Unite has called for an urgent meeting with the management of Icelandic Seachill in Grimsby, following today’s (April 21) announcement that one of the town’s largest employers had been put up for…Read more…
Chicken factory at risk
Just a day after Bernard Matthews announced on Thursday (April 6) that it would slash 69 chicken production jobs in Norfolk, the 2 Sisters Food Group said on Friday (April 7) that it plans to shutter…Read more…
‘Betrayed and let down’
The workers at Norfolk turkey producers Bernard Matthews ‘feel betrayed and let down’, as 69 chicken production and 59 managerial job losses were confirmed. Unite said that the workers were…Read more…
Don’t ‘rip off’ our youth call
Just days before National Apprenticeship Week – designed by the government “to celebrate apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy” – an…Read more…
Positive about the future
When 20-year-old Liam McBerney catches up with his old school friends the talk inevitably turns to the future. What becomes apparent, says Liam, is that today’s uncertain and changeable economy is a…Read more…
Urgent talks call
Unite has today (March 3) called for urgent talks next week over the threat to about 300 jobs at Welcome Foods in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire. The union said that the planned closure of the…Read more…
‘Tin pot dictators’
Bosses at 2 Sisters Food Group in the West Midlands have been behaving like ‘tin pot dictators’ when it comes to workers’ rights, Unite said today (March 3). The union said that in the last…Read more…
Stronger rules on takeovers call
Food giant Kraft Heinz abandoned “predatory” plans to buy Unilever on Friday (February 17), a decision that Unite said would come as a “relief for thousands of workers across the UK”. …Read more…
Bernard Matthews jobs threat
The threat to up to 155 jobs at Norfolk turkey producers Bernard Matthews was described as ‘deeply disappointing’ by Unite today (February 9). Last September, the Private Office of Ranjit…Read more…
Standing up to ‘corporate greed’
Workers at drinks giant Diageo have voted to take industrial action over plans to slash their pensions at a time when the company is making massive profits. Members of Unite voted by an…Read more…
A ‘bootiful’ move?
Owner of the 2 Sisters Food group, Ranjit Boparan – also known as the “Chicken King” – has taken over turkey firm Bernard Matthews, a move which will save 2,000 jobs. Under a sale known as a…Read more…
Pizza Factory jobs threat
The threat to 350 jobs at The Pizza Factory in Nottingham was branded ‘a hammer blow’ for the workers and the local economy by Unite last night (August 17). Unite is due to hold talks with the…Read more…
Bottling it up
Cider’s future at the historic Shepton Mallet mill in Somerset is not yet completely over – as Brothers Drinks, which bought the mill’s bottling line earlier this year, is gearing up to start…Read more…
The cluck stops here
Clarity on the future of turkey producers Bernard Matthews and its 2,000-strong workforce has been called for by Unite today (June 30). The union said that it was ‘a worrying time’ for…Read more…
‘Sham’ consultation
Dairy giant Arla Foods faces possible ‘substantial’ damages and costs over its ‘failure to consult’ before announcing that 230 jobs would be lost at its fresh milk processing plant in Essex. …Read more…
More jobs and investment
Financial media reported that JBS, the largest global food manufacturer, has informed its shareholders that it will seek to relocate headquarters to Ireland, a move that Unite has welcomed. …Read more…
Unite’s ‘tough cookies’
After the floods brought by Storm Desmond’s wrath in December devastated Carlisle, entire neighbourhoods were turned into giant building sites. And as well as wrecking more than 2,000 homes,…Read more…
Cider workers fight to save mill
Unite senior shop steward at Shepton Mallet Cider Mill, Stephen Faulkner (second left) leads Unite delegation on West Country job creation to Somerset MPs at House of Commons, today (February 23)….Read more…