Lock out at MMP Bootle

 

27 January Workers at the Bootle site, which produces packaging for the food industry, are in dispute over the company’s unfair method of selecting redundancies and the redundancy terms being offered.

 

Unite is calling for MMP management to return to talks with the union to secure a reasonable negotiated settlement to the dispute. The workers have held a series of strikes since 10 February and were locked out last Saturday (18 February) but remain steadfast in their fight for justice.

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: "The workers at MMP have Unite's 100 per cent support. We are going to back them all the way.

"The management at this company must realise that locking its workers out and refusing to negotiate with the union will not achieve a thing. The only way to resolve this dispute is to get back around the table to negotiate a fair deal. If MMP does not see sense then we will have no choice but to escalate our campaign for justice for the locked-out workers."

Please see below a message from Jennie Formby National Officer Food Drink and Tobacco.
Please take this message to your branches and seek donations to the fund.