U.K.: Mayr-Melnhof and Trade Union Settle Dispute

IndustrialsIndustrial Goods ♦ Published: May 29, 2012; 11:31 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian manufacturer of packaging products grants a better social package to the former employees of the Liverpool-based factory.

U.K.: Mayr-Melnhof and Trade Union Settle Dispute / Picture: © Mayr-Melnhof

After the Liveerpool-based plant was shut down in February, the factory was occupied as the workforce aimed to receive higher severance payments. Also in front of the Austrian embassy in London, protests were held. The reason of Mayr-Melnhof´s shutdown is the loss of a major order by Kellogg´s. Because of the strike and the production stop, Kellogg´s is said to have had delivery…