July 3, 2011
Local newspapers across the UK and Ireland are being destroyed by owners who put profit before everything else – quality, staffing and sales. Haringey has three local titles – the Haringey Advertiser, part of the North London & Herts Newspapers group owned by Sir Ray Tindle, the Haringey Independent, owned by Newsquest and the The […]
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June 28, 2011
This Thursday, 30 June, workers across Haringey will be striking over attacks on their pensions. Members of UCU, NUT, ATL and PCS unions will be picketing outside local workplaces from 7.30am. Come and join Haringey Solidarity Group and others at the picket line outside Tottenham Job Centre on Thursday morning. We’ll be meeting at 8am […]
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March 23, 2011
The UCU at CONEL have today (22 March) received formal notice of redundancies (section 188).160 jobs are on the block: 70 FTE permanent posts, 90 fixed term (HPL) employees. They are taking strike action on Thursday 24 March against cuts to pay and pensions, as well as protesting about cuts to jobs, cuts to courses, […]
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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 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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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 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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September 5, 2010
Workers at Coca Cola’s Edmonton factory have announced two six hour strikes, shutting down production at the plant. The move comes as the 110-strong workforce steps up its fight for an improved pay offer.
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