United Biscuits workers appeal to people of Liverpool - help stop
company greed hitting Merseyside jobs
17 April 2009
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Date: Saturday 18th April 2009
Time: 11.30 am
Venue: Bold Street (Lyceum Building), Liverpool City Centre L1 -
Liverpool City Central Business Improvement District
Workers at United Biscuits’ Liverpool Binns Road site have
kick-started a petition to urge United Biscuits not to go ahead
with plans to move 170 jobs to India.
Unite members at United Biscuits face an uncertain future while
the company decides on proposals to move UK jobs abroad later this
month.
Workers from the Binns Road site will be visiting Liverpool town
centre on Saturday 18th April to encourage the public to sign their
petition. The petition calls on the local community,
government and local MPs to show their support for the workers by
signing up to the “Stop United Biscuits moving Liverpool jobs to
India” campaign.
Unite Regional Officer, Debbie Brannan, said: “United Biscuits
is owned by private equity firms Blackstone and PIA whose only
motive is profit. It is the hard-working staff who have made
this company profitable and they deserve to be treated a lot better
than this. We must make sure that this is not allowed to happen or
we will continue to face more job losses and what jobs will there
be in Merseyside for our children?
“We must fight to keep people working in this city, which is why
we are launching a petition across the country to rally support
from the community so we can keep these jobs in Liverpool and the
UK.
“The workers that face job losses have families and mortgages to
pay and do not need added stress during this difficult time. It is
time they listened to their loyal workforce and don’t let 170 job
cuts go ahead.”
Unite members will lobby MPs at Westminster, London next week to
appeal to them to support the people of Merseyside as they fight
for their jobs.
Support the workers and sign the petition today at: www.unitetheunion.org/northwest
On 16th May 2009, Unite will hold a march through Birmingham.
This will be the centrepiece of the 'Unite for Jobs' campaign. The
March for Jobs will spotlight the need for urgent assistance to
defend jobs.
To see what the Unite for Jobs demands are or for information on
the march visit: www.action.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/uniteforjobs
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For further information please contact Karen Viquerat on 01704
546 500 or 07768 931316 or Debbie Brannan on 07768 931271.
Notes to Editors
United Biscuits brands include:
McVitie’s including Digestives, HobNobs and Rich Tea
Jacob’s Cream Crackers
Twiglets
Hula Hoops
Penguin
Jaffa Cakes
McCoy’s
Mini Cheddars
Phileas Fogg
KP Nuts
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