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Workers hail success of ground-breaking Hovis strike 10 years on
BFAWU's John Fox addresses the opening day of the union's annual conference at Yarnfield Park near Stone, Staffordshire.
[BFAWU/Lukasz Bemka]
FOOD workers marked the tenth anniversary of a historic win against the imposition of zero-hour contracts at Hovis today, saying the dispute displayed solidarity at its best.
Following strikes at the bakery’s factory in Wigan during the summer of 2013, bosses were forced to U-turn on bringing in agency staff on zero-hour contracts in the wake of redundancies and cuts to pay and hours.
The groundbreaking industrial action, organised by the Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU), helped to inspire similar walkouts at previously non-unionised branches of food-fast giant McDonalds and pub chain Wetherspoons.
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