Tag: Greg O’Kane
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Pilgrims workers secure inflation busting pay improvement and end strike
Workers vote overwhelmingly to accept above inflation deal which provides paid breaks to all Members of Unite employed at Pilgrim’s Enniskillen site have voted overwhelmingly to accept an improved pay offer and end their dispute. The workers have taken six weeks of strike action in pursuit of improved pay. The deal will see all shop…
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Pilgrims Europe workforce determined to secure fair pay increase
Survey of workers confirms huge pressures cost of living crisis is placing on workers Workers at Pilgrims Europe’s site in Enniskillen have entered the fifth week of strike action in their pay dispute. The dispute has severely impacted production at the site which produces a range of high-profile products including Fridge Raiders, Richmond sausages and…
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Pilgrims workers begin all-out strike over pay in Enniskillen
Escalating industrial dispute will impact supply of some leading UK brands Fridge Raiders, Richmond Sausages and Mr Brains Pork Faggots Unite which represents approximately 130 workers employed by Pilgrims Europe at its Enniskillen production facility has announced it will begin all out (continuous) strike action beginning at 06.30 Wednesday 2 September. This marks a sharp escalation…
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Pilgrim’s: Talks failure sees Enniskillen pay dispute escalate
Trade union Unite, which represents workers at the Pilgrim’s site in Enniskillen, has confirmed that workers at the plant will take strike action from Monday 17 August to Saturday 29 August. Talks at the Labour Relations Agency (LRA) broke down yesterday (Tuesday) after the company failed to improve its pay offer and address unequal pay…
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Pilgrims Europe employees in Enniskillen will strike for two further weeks in escalating pay dispute
Workforce is seeking a cost of living pay increase and an end to the current unequal payment of breaks Approximately 130 members of Unite employed by Pilgrims Europe are set to escalate their strike action at the company’s Enniskillen site. The union served notice on the employer of a further two-week strike commencing 6.30am on…
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Pilgrim’s Food: Enniskillen workers to strike in pursuit of pay justice and paid breaks
Unite members working at the Pilgrim’s Foods site at Carran Business Park in Enniskillen are set to take strike action in pursuit of pay justice. The strike will commence at 6.30 am on Tuesday 4 August and end at 6.30 am on Saturday 8 August. Workers are seeking a reasonable pay increase that is applied…