DEMOS against fire and rehire at Oscar Mayer owner Pemberton Asset Management and client Co-Op
Striking Wrexham Oscar Mayer workers travelled to Manchester on September 25th to protest against fire and rehire outside firms associated with the company.
The workers, who produce ready meals, protested outside Pemberton Asset Management, which owns Oscar Mayer, and the headquarters of the Co-Op, which is major client of the company.
More than 550 workers began striking on 12 September over the company’s plans to remove some paid breaks, reduce other breaks and eradicate any enhanced payments and days off in lieu for working bank holidays.
Oscar Mayer is threatening to fire and rehire the workers on new contracts if they do not voluntarily accept the changes, which will see their take home pay plummet.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Oscar Mayer is dragging its own name through the mud with its despicable behaviour towards these workers. Unite will ensure that every organisation associated with Oscar Mayer, as well as the public who buy its produce, knows what the company is trying to do. Unite will not stop until Oscar Mayer reverses its abhorrent fire and rehire plans.”
Oscar Mayer is one of the major ready meal manufacturers in the UK and supplies large quantities of its products to Tesco, ASDA, Greggs, Aldi, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and the Co-Op. Strike action is having a significant impact on ready meal supplies nationwide.
