Unite members working at the Jacob Douwe-Egberts (JDE) coffee factory in Banbury, Oxfordshire, celebrated a decisive victory today (August 4) as their strength and solidarity vanquished the threat of…Read more…
JDE ‘fire and rehire’ dispute latest
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire will be balloted on a new pay and employment conditions’ package that removes the management’s proposal to ‘fire and rehire’ staff, Unite…Read more…
Back Barry’s Bill!
Labour MPs, including Angela Rayner, Jeremy Corbyn, Andy McDonald, Zarah Sultana, Grahame Morris and dozens more, flocked to a campaign event outside Parliament on Wednesday (June 16) in a strong…Read more…
JDE accused of ‘corporate gangsterism’
The decision by JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury to issue dismissal notices today (June 2) to workers refusing to sign new contracts, which could mean some of them losing up to £12,000 a year,…Read more…
‘Work with us’ plea
The global boss of JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) has been urged to withdraw the ‘fire and rehire’ threat to the Banbury workforce and engage constructively to find a solution which won’t cause social…Read more…
More JDE coffee trouble ‘brewing’
More trouble is ‘brewing’ for coffee giant JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) as fire and rehire strikes at its Banbury factory escalate from today (May 26). Around 300 JDE employees are taking strike action…Read more…
300 million cups of coffee lost
The JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) coffee plant in Banbury, Oxfordshire has lost an estimated six million jars of coffee production – or 300 million cups of coffee – as a result of industrial action over…Read more…
Bosses ‘filmed families’ at JDE protest
Bosses at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire are accused of carrying out covert surveillance of workers and their families protesting at the company’s ‘fire and rehire plans’ in…Read more…
JDE dispute latest
Crunch talks are being held on Friday (May 7) in a bid to resolve the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute involving nearly 300 workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Talks between Unite…Read more…
Coffee workers’ terms row May Day demo
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury are ramping up pressure in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute with a protest on Saturday (May 1), followed up with a 24 hour strike on May 8 and 9.
The…Read more…
JDE ‘acting like employer from Victorian times’
Reports that bosses at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury will stop workers from taking summer holidays to thwart an overtime ban, starting on May 1, in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute has sparked…Read more…
‘JDE can’t say they’re struggling’
Unite members at Jacob Douwe Egberts have voted for industrial action after the company has decided to go down the route of fire and rehire – where workers are forced to sign up to a new…Read more…