Staff at Premier Food's Hovis Wigan bakery have voted in favour of strike action following the introduction of agency employees working on zero hour contracts which resulted in redundancies.
A two-week ballot was launched on August 6 by the Bakers Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) after talks with management reached a stalemate. At its conclusion yesterday, results indicated overwhelming support for strike action which will run for three weeks at the site which produces Hovis bread. The dates are August 28 to September 4;…
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