Hovis bakery distribution workers suspend strike action following 11th-hour pay talks
Continuous strike action among distribution drivers at Hovis's bakery in Bristol has been suspended following late-night pay negotiations.
Around 60 Unite members working as distribution drivers at the Avonmouth site were due to walk out yesterday in a pay dispute.
The industrial action, which would have disrupted bread supplies to supermarkets across the South West, has now been paused to allow a vote on the new pay offer from the company.
Union representatives had slammed the previous below-inflation 3% offer as a pay cut.
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