AB Agri (UNITE) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: Manufacturing
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The union has been negotiating a pay deal for AB AGRI workers since September. The workers voted in favour of the deal after it was offered to them, with additional benefits including union recognition across the company.
The workers will receive a pay rise of 4.5 per cent back paid from October 2022, plus a 1.5 per cent lump sum. From September 2023, their pay will increase again by an additional 5.5 per cent, with a further 2 per cent in January 2024. An additional day’s annual leave is also included in the deal.
Strike action will take place from 1 April to 7 April. Work to rule will be in affect from 8 April to 14 April, before all out indefinite strike action begins on 15 April.
The workers, based at mills in Suffolk, Norfork, Oxfordshire, Fife, Devon, Lincolnshire and East and North Yorkshire, rejected an imposed pay offer of 4.5 per cent. With the real rate of inflation, RPI, running at 13.4 per cent, this is a significant real terms pay cut.
The strike action will cause significant disruption to the operations of AB AGRI mills, which produce a huge proportion of the UK’s pig and poultry feed. The dispute is also over AB AGRI’s failure to recognise the mill workers as a national bargaining unit represented by Unite.
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