Layoff

Greencore has confirmed the closure of its Somerset factory, with plans to cut 400 jobs

Greencore factory closure to axe 400 jobs

By Gwen Ridler

Up to 400 jobs are to go at chilled foods manufacturer Greencore’s Evercreech factory in Somerset, after the company announced the final closure date for the site.

Coca-Cola Enterprises 'absolutely committed to manufacturing at Wakefield'

Union threatens demo over Coca-Cola job cuts

By Rod Addy

Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE’s) move to lay off 47 employees at its Wakefield site has prompted trades union Unite to schedule a demonstration over what it believes are unnecessary plans.

Eddie Stobart drivers are to go on continuous strike from December 6

Eddie Stobart Tesco drivers to go on ‘continuous strike’

By Laurence Gibbons

Eddie Stobart’s Tesco drivers are to go on “continuous strike” after rejecting the transport firm’s “final offer” of financial support in the deepening row over 183 jobs cuts at a Doncaster distribution hub.

Unite has claimed that workers at the Tranfoods site have been locked out since March 6

Unite confirms Tulip Tranfood redundancy talks

By Dan Colombini

Workers from meat processing firm Tulip’s Tranfoods site in Birkenhead will sit down with the firm’s management tomorrow in a bid to end the row over redundancy payments, according to Unite the union.

January 2009: Flames swept through production halls at the Benton Lane site

Relief for workers at fire-hit Findus site

By Ben Bouckley

Around 300 workers employed at a Newcastle frozen food factory who lost their jobs after the site was gutted by fire in early 2009 are finally starting to receive statutory redundancy pay.