Twinings has revealed that UK workers facing redundancy who help establish operations at a new Polish factory will have all their expenses paid, receive extra salary and sightseeing trips.
The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) has slammed a decision by Twinings to encourage staff at its North Shields site to train the Polish workers who will make them redundant.
Twinings has confirmed that a “small number” of staff at its factory in North Shields have accessed confidential payroll details relating to 263 staff without authorisation.
The first wave of job cuts at Twinings’ North Shields tea factory will begin in September after union bosses failed to persuade parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) to keep the plant open.
