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Industrial action ballot launched by Usdaw at the Weetabix Kettering site in a dispute over shift payments

Date: 29 June 2021 Usdaw, the trade union for Weetabix production workers, has today launched an industrial action ballot affecting members at the AP4 plant, which produces cereal bars, on Station Road, in Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northamptonshire. The ballot will close at noon on Tuesday 13 July 2021.
If members vote to take strike action, Usdaw anticipates that the first 24 hour stoppage will be called within a week from 28 July 2021. It is anticipated that further 24 or 48 hour stoppages will take place on a periodic basis until a resolution is found.
 
Ed Leach – Usdaw Area Organiser says: “It is very disappointing that the company has pushed this dispute, over unsociable hours shift premium pay, to the point of industrial action, which is very much a last resort for our members.
 
“During a consultation about the company’s proposed change of shift patterns, they indicated they would be reducing unsocial hours premium pay, which we dispute. Following the consultation a failure to agree has been lodged, unfortunately there has been no resolution despite further meetings.
 
“This dispute will not be resolved until an agreement is reached on the value of the
shift premium and we urge the company to move their position to avoid industrial action and disruption to the business.”
 
Notes for editors:
 
Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK's fifth biggest trade union with over 400,000 members. Membership has increased by more than one-third over the last couple of decades. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemicals and other trades.
 
For Usdaw press releases visit: http://www.usdaw.org.uk/news and you can follow us on Twitter @UsdawUnion

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