Usdaw union members working at breakfast cereal giant Weetabix have taken three days of industrial action in a dispute about pay.
The strikes affect Weetabix sites at Corby and Burton Latimer.
The Usdaw union urged the cereal processor to make an offer allowing it to postpone the strike action, but Weetabix did not provide a satisfactory offer.
Usdaw regional secretary Gavin Dadley said: “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… we regret that management have not improved sufficiently on the initial pay offer, which our members have rejected. We remain firmly committed to arriving at a jointly negotiated settlement to end this dispute.”
MP for Corby, Lee Barron, stated on social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter): “I’m proud to take my support and solidarity to workers on strike at Weetabix
this morning.
“I have written to the company to urge them to sit down with the workforce and come to a resolution that’s acceptable.”
A Weetabix spokesperson commented: “We are naturally disappointed to see our team on strike, but respect the voice of our Production Operators and their representatives Usdaw. As a business we continue to invest in our people and offer competitive salaries. Our door remains open to our team and their representatives to agree on an equitable solution that is fair to our wider workforce of 1,200.”
