Weetabix In Fire & Rehire Strike Threat

Union fury at ‘slashed pay’ risk

- Graham Hiscott

Shoppers have been warned they could face Weetabix shortages as union chiefs accused the firm of using “fire and rehire” tactics to slash workers’ pay.

The Unite union is balloting more than 70 engineers at the company’s two Northamptonshire factories over possible strike action.

It follows a dispute over what Unite claims are plans to “fire and rehire” workers on “vastly inferior” contracts, resulting in pay being cut by up to £5,000 a year in some cases.