Pladis agrees pay deal with staff at Aintree factory

It is understood that the agreement is for 6.5% backdated to January and 3% for the following year.

Plus staff are to receive two bonus payment to help with the cost-of-living crisis with £500 this year and £250 in 2023. 

Last month Pladis said its door​ “remains open” with union GMB after 750 of its workers were to stage a permanent strike over pay.

At the time the union said that workers at the factory were to stage a permanent strike in anger at a “real terms pay cut”. 

Pay rise

It is understood at the time that the workers were offered a pay rise of almost 9% over two years and a one-off payment of £500. 

Pladis temporarily ​moved some production of Jacob’s Cream Crackers to a third-party partner in Portugal.

GMB said that the strike action at the site had lasted 11 weeks before a deal was agreed. 

Lisa Ryan, GMB Organiser, said: “These workers have stuck together – and secured a decent pay offer through their commitment.​

“They needed something to help them during the cost-of-living crisis.”​

Positive step

Pladis UK&I spokesperson said: “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with the GMB and its members at our Aintree bakery. ​

“This is a positive step forward as we can continue delivering for our customers and baking the great British products that our consumers know and love.”​

This is the latest pay deal made in the food manufacturing sector. 

Strike action at Fox’s biscuit factory ​in Batley, Yorkshire has been averted after a pay offer was accepted by staff. 

Princes Food Group has agreed a pay deal with workers​ without the need for industrial action.