Rocketing utility and stock holding costs have forced Heinz to take the radical step of temporarily halting production at its Kitt Green site in Wigan for four days this Easter.
Workers at the Heinz baked bean facility in Kitt Green have accepted a revised pay deal from the company and called off plans for further industrial action.
Staff at Heinz's flagship Kitt Green factory near Wigan downed tools for a fourth time yesterday after rejecting a revised pay offer from company bosses.
Trade union Unite has accepted an offer from Heinz to attend talks tomorrow aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute at its Kitt Green canning site, but has attacked the firm's "hypocrisy" over pay.
Heinz has "already taken steps" to ensure customers' shelves will remain stocked with Heinz beans in the event of strikes at its Kitt Green factory, bosses have revealed.
The pay package on offer to staff at Heinz’s Kitt Green factory in Wigan "stands out as one of the best in the food and drink sector, the area and the country”, bosses have insisted as the Unite union prepares to unveil the results of a strike ballot...
Trade union Unite says it will send a letter to Heinz bosses early this week telling them that workers at the firm’s Kitt Green site intend to vote on strike action.
