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November 2, 2010
Unite members across seven Coca-Cola Enterprise (CCE) sites – including the Edmonton one – joined last week (Wed 27 October) their fellow trade union members across Europe in staging a series of nationwide demonstrations against the company’s European-wide restructuring, which they believe is being pushed through without proper consultation with the workforce.
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October 27, 2010
Vodafone’s flagship store on Oxford Street has this morning (27 Oct) been occupied by people protesting at its avoidance of a £6bn tax bill having routed money through a Luxemburg subsidiary. At a time when the country is facing savage cuts it’s clear there’s one law for the rich and corporate and another for the […]
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October 19, 2010
Local residents and workers responded to a call by Haringey Alliance for Public Services, and marched to a rally at the Civic Centre in Wood Green. At the rally, on Monday 18th October, protestors called on Haringey councillors to demand adequate government funding, reject privatisation, and oppose and refuse to implement cuts – or resign.
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October 5, 2010
Workers at the Coca-Cola manufacturing and bottling plant in Edmonton, London, have been on strike for three weeks. They have been offered a below inflation 2 per cent pay rise while conditions have worsened in the factory. The pension scheme is now crap and there are redundancies going on, including 19 here at Nobel Road. […]
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October 5, 2010
Haringey Alliance For Public Services Rally held outside the Civic Centre in Wood Green on 14th September 2010 with over 120 participants. The Haringey Alliance for Public Services (HAPS) was set up in June 2010 by a wide range of borough-wide organisations and individuals — including residents and community networks, trade unions and political groups.
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September 26, 2010
Workers at the Coca-Cola manufacturing and bottling plant in Edmonton have been on strike for two weeks. They have been offered a below inflation 2 per cent pay rise, while conditions have worsened in the factory. The pension scheme is now crap and there are redundancies going on, including 19 here at Nobel Road. This […]
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September 15, 2010
The workers at Coca-Cola Enterprises Edmonton bottling plant came out on strike today (Wed 15 Sep), after a one-week delay for a fruitless visit to the ACAS government department. It was a noisy picket with around 35 workers present, one half outside the factory the other under the flyover opposite. There were flags aplenty and […]
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September 15, 2010
Four million fewer bottles of Coca Cola could be produced this month as a series of stoppages lasting to the end of September begins today (15 September 2010) in a dispute over pay. The workers at Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Edmonton bottling plant warn that the dispute could escalate unless the company gets real. The workers are […]
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September 14, 2010
Over 120 people braved the miserable September rain to show their opposition to proposed public sector cuts. The lively rally at Wood Green Civic Centre was called by Haringey Alliance for Public Services to coincide with the first cabinet meeting of the council after the summer break. The precise nature of the government public sector […]
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September 10, 2010
Talks between Unite and Coca-Cola at Acas to resolve a pay dispute at the company’s north London Edmonton plant broke down without resolution last night (Thursday). Wayne King, Unite regional officer, said: “Coca-Cola has unfortunately failed to come to these talks in good faith. Despite the opportunity for progress presented by the Acas talks, Coca-Cola […]
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