Abp Food Group Workers Vote For Strike Action

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Workers astatine an ABP Food Group works successful Northern Ireland person voted to return onslaught action.

According to waste and acquisition national Unite, complete 150 unit person voted “overwhelmingly” for nan onslaught action successful a conflict complete pay.

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The national said ABP Food Group’s connection of 3% salary increase, pinch a one-off rate costs of £100 ($134) and a further 3% emergence from April 2026 “amounts to a existent position salary cut”.

The onslaught astatine nan facility, which supplies retailers including Tesco and Sainsbury’s, is group to return spot from midnight connected Monday 27 October.

Just Food has approached Ireland-headquartered ABP Food Group for comment.

Unite wide caput Sharon Graham said: “ABP’s occurrence has been built by workers. The institution tin good spend to salary a decent salary summation but alternatively is choosing to compression our members’ surviving standards to maximise profits.

“The ABP workers astatine Craigavon tin count connected Unite’s afloat support successful their conflict for adjacent pay.”

Regional serviceman Sean Smyth added: “If ABP guidance wants to debar terrible disruption of their Craigavon plant, they request to return to nan negotiating array and work together a adjacent woody for members.”

According to nan ABP Food Group website, nan institution has 19 beef sites crossed nan UK.

The beef broadside of nan business besides has 7 accommodation successful nan company’s location marketplace of Ireland and 3 successful Poland.

The privately-owned group besides supplies lamb and pet food.