Legal action against MMP from booted Bootle workers

Posted on 3 Apr 2012

Unite the union is to take legal action against Austrian-owned Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP) over the unlawful dismissal of its workforce.

The workers make packaging for some of the most popular breakfast cereals in the UK, including Frosties, Rice Krispies and Kellogg’s Cornflakes and Unite says that the workforce have been starved of legal entitlements. MMP locked staff out of the factory and then sacked 53 workers, with Unite commenting that this is a concerted effort…

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