ADHESIVES manufacturer Henkel is spending millions of dollars to draft in scabs to break a walkout at a deadly plant in the US, striking workers have alleged.

Over 80 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Pittsburg, California, factory have been on strike over health and safety concerns since mid-October.

The IAM global federation IndustriAll said yesterday that Henkel has drafted in non-union labour “through strike-breaking company Strom Engineering” in a bid “to destroy the union.”