Burton’s staff to strike over pay

Workers at a Burton’s Foods factory in Blackpool could strike in a pay dispute with the UK biscuit maker.

The UK’s Bakers, Food And Allied Workers Union said staff at the site had voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of industrial action, reportd just-food.

Of the approximately 440 staff at the site, some 202 workers voted, with 175 backing a walkout. Four one-day strikes are planned, the first for tomorrow. Further industrial action could be held on 18 July, with a third strike on the 20th and a fourth walkout on the 26th.

Ian Hodson, the union’s national president, said staff at the facility had had their pay frozen last year and had rejected an offer of a pay rise of 1.5%. Hodson claimed the union had put forward a proposal of a “below-inflation” increase, which had been turned down by Burton’s.