Hovis drivers strike over pay could disrupt bread supplies across South West
Bread supplies to supermarkets across the South West face disruption as 60 Hovis distribution drivers begin an indefinite strike from Thursday over a pay dispute.
The workers are based at the Avonmouth site in Bristol, which supplies Hovis products including bread, burger buns and muffins to shops across the region.
Staff have been offered a 3% pay rise, below the current RPI inflation rate of 3.4%.
Workers at the Belfast depot have been offered the same percentage rise plus additional benefits including a two pence commissio... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...