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Category: Bakers Union

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022mbarker2012

Hypocritical Council Leaders Condemn Exploitative Employers While Choosing to Work With Them

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022mbarker2012

Workers Get Dodgy Pay Offer While Greencore Boss Takes Home £1million a Year!

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021mbarker2012

Rotten to the Greencore: Exploitative Practices in Northampton Food Manufacturing

July 16, 2021September 7, 2021mbarker2012

Food Attraction: Another Anti-Union Employer in Leicester

April 7, 2021May 30, 2022mbarker2012

Some Examples of Organisational Responses to Racism and Sweatshop Abuses in Leicester (2020-21)

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021mbarker2012

Critical Food Workers Rewarded as True Working-class Heroes

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021mbarker2012

Key Food Workers Continue the Struggle for Safe Working Condition at Greencore

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020mbarker2012

“All we’re asking for is a fair pay rise”

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020mbarker2012

Workers Vote to Reject Greencore Bosses Divisive Pay Offer

October 9, 2020May 16, 2022mbarker2012

Fighting For Full Sick Pay for Company “which makes M&S sandwiches”

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