Workers at Quorn’s factory in Teesside are set to strike this week in a bid to obtain a 9% pay rise.
Over 60 workers including fermenter and chiller technicians, as well as maintenance, laboratory staff and effluent treatment plant staff will be joining the all-out strike action from Thursday (20 October).
As a result, a spokesman said this is expected to lead to shortages of the meat-free brand‘s products in supermarkets.
This also comes following nine day strike action earlier this month over a 4% pay offer, which according to a spokesperson for Quorn “is a fair and appropriate offer”, worth £2,000 per employee with a and one-off payment of £1,000.
“The offer put forward by Quorn is a real terms pay cut and completely unacceptable to Unite. Quorn and Monde Nissin can absolutely afford to put forward a better offer to ensure these workers are paid fairly,” Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham said.
“Our members are determined that they will do just that and they have Unite’s total and unwavering support during these strikes.”
The spokesperson for Quorn added: “We are disappointed that further industrial action is planned for this week. We continue to hold discussions with our employees and their representatives with the aim of quickly reaching a resolution.
“We can confirm that during this industrial action, there has been no change to the high standards of health and safety at our Billingham manufacturing site, nor has there been any risk to the supply of Quorn to our customers.”
