Heinz workers at the baked bean maker’s flagship Kitt Green factory in Wigan continue their strike action today with a 24-hour walkout.
The workers, represented by the union Unite, have rejected the firm’s latest pay offer of a 3.5 per cent pay rise this year in addition to a £200 bonus, followed by a 3.4 per cent rise in 2012. In a ballot, 65 per cent of the 1,200 workers at the site rejected the offer, meaning…
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