By Amy North2021-05-24T11:55:00+01:00
Source: Unite the Union
Employees at Hovis’ site on Apollo Road in Belfast are to return to work following an 11-day strike over pay.
Having previously rejected offers put forward by management, union members voted ‘overwhelmingly’ with 79% in favour of the latest pay offer which will see them receive a 4% increase per year for two years, with the first increase backdated to January 2021.
As such, members of Unite the Union and the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) will return to work tomorrow (Tuesday 25 May) at 6am.
”This pay dispute has caused significant disruption to our customers and end-consumers which is deeply disappointing but we are pleased that our Belfast team can now get back to work,” a Hovis spokesperson said.
Hovis Pay Talks End Without Success Discussions aimed at bringing an end to the Hovis bread strike have ended without success according to Unite the union.
Picket lines will remain in force at Hovis Apollo Road site as bread shortages mount across retail outlets in NI.
Sean McKeever, Regional Officer for Unite said: As a result of the Unite and the Baker’s union strike at Hovis in Belfast, all baking activities at the company’s Apollo Road site halted last Thursday. Given that this site produces at least one-third of all the bread consumed in Northern Ireland and the difficulties associated with importing bread from Great Britain post-Brexit, the workers strike action is having a huge impact.
Hovis pay talks end âwithout successâ paving way for more bread shortages
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Hovis workers protest outside the Hovis plant in Belfast (Image: David Young/PA Wire)
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Talks aimed at bringing an end to the Hovis bread strike have ended âwithout successâ, it emerged tonight.
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A picket is to appear at the Hovis plant at Apollo Road (Image: Google)
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Strike action threatening the supply of bread in Northern Ireland looks set to start on Friday morning after workers and bosses failed to reach agreement at a major bakery.