Union comes up with idea to keep biscuit factory open

Workers at a Burton’s Foods factory in the UK, which is set to close with the loss of 342 jobs, have drawn up alternative plans to try to keep it open, reported the BBC.

Burton’s Foods, which bakes brands such as Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels, wants to close the biscuit factory in Wirral after a business review.

Unite union representatives have submitted fresh proposals, created after studying the firm’s figures.

A 12-week consultation period between the firm and workers is about to end.

The company wants to use savings from the planned closure to invest £7m at its manufacturing sites in Edinburgh and Llantarnam, South Wales.

Burton’s has not revealed when it plans to close the site, but Unite said it believed the firm had a contractual obligation to continue operating until 2012.