Sainsbury’s staff vote to strike
By Sarah Wood | 14th June 2019
Staff at Sainsbury's biggest distribution centre have voted to strike after a dispute over changes to the supermarket's absence policy.
Hundreds of workers at Waltham Point, one of 23 Sainsbury's depots, employing over 1,200 people and covering over 700,000 sq ft, will take part in a series of 24 hour strikes.
The decision follows a ballot by 380 Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) members at the warehouse. Nearly three-quarters of union members that voted backed plans for a strike.
Usdaw hopes the supermarket will return to the negotiating table with a much better offer, in order to avoid industrial action.
Sainsbury's said it has contingency plans in place to minimise disruption to customers if the strike goes ahead.
Last year Sainsbury's said it would be increasing hourly pay for its store workers from £8 to £9.20 per hour. The increases are at the expense of paid breaks and bonuses, although workers have been promised another review of their pay in March 2020.
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