A strike of meat hygiene workers over pay and conditions in the UK has been averted after employers agreed to a 2.99% pay rise, to be backdated to August 2007.


According to a spokesperson for Unison, the union representing the meat hygiene workers, a strike would have held up production at the majority of UK slaughterhouses and could potentially have hit Christmas supplies of meat and poultry.


The spokesperson told just-food that further talks with the Meat Hygiene Service on working conditions are to follow. However, the pay concession has staved off the threat of immediate strike action.


In a statement, Simon Watson, Unison’s national officer for meat inspectors, said: “We still have some tough talking to do over the ‘work anytime’ proposals and members have a right to expect movement on their 2008 pay deal.”

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