Hundreds of workers to strike at Jacobs' Aintree factory over sick pay row

Hundreds of workers at the Jacobs factory in Aintree are set to go on strike after voting for action in a row over sick pay, according to the Liverpool Echo.

The factory, which employs 900 people, was acquired by Yildiz Holdings for a rumours £2 billion at the start of this month.

The Aintree factory, which has been in Liverpool for just over a century, is part of United Biscuits.

Members of the GMB at the Jacobs factory in Aintree, backed walkouts by 84%, with the union planning to announce strike dates soon.

National officer Stuart Fegan, said: “Senior management of United Biscuits have issued a letter to all employees at Aintree unilaterally suspending company sick pay with immediate effect and advising the workforce that they are looking to source the products manufactured at the Aintree site elsewhere.

“GMB is advising the TUC and affiliated unions with members in other plants of the position and asking them to resist any attempts of management to move Aintree’s products to other United Biscuit sites and possibly overseas.”