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| Workers at two north Wales food plants have joined a 24-hour strike in protest at what a union says is a pay freeze. | Workers at two north Wales food plants have joined a 24-hour strike in protest at what a union says is a pay freeze. |
| The Transport and General Workers' Union (T&G) says 1,000 staff are involved in the Grampian Foods dispute. | The Transport and General Workers' Union (T&G) says 1,000 staff are involved in the Grampian Foods dispute. |
| Fresh and frozen food company Grampian would say only that production was "as usual" at Sandycroft, Flintshire and reduced at Llangefni, Anglesey. | Fresh and frozen food company Grampian would say only that production was "as usual" at Sandycroft, Flintshire and reduced at Llangefni, Anglesey. |
| The union said workers voted in a postal ballot to support strike action to further their claim for more pay. | The union said workers voted in a postal ballot to support strike action to further their claim for more pay. |
| The union said the company had given a 2.5% rise to workers at one of its Scottish plants, at Cambuslang, south Lanarkshire, but had denied workers at its Welsh factories the same offer. | The union said the company had given a 2.5% rise to workers at one of its Scottish plants, at Cambuslang, south Lanarkshire, but had denied workers at its Welsh factories the same offer. |
| Chris Kaufman, of the T&G, said: "The company says it is working on a plant-by-plant basis, so how they can then claim to have a company-wide pay freeze?" | |
| According to the union, workers voted in favour of strike action by a margin of four to one, but the company had stuck to "a pay pause" which meant no pay increase for workers in Wales this year. | According to the union, workers voted in favour of strike action by a margin of four to one, but the company had stuck to "a pay pause" which meant no pay increase for workers in Wales this year. |
| Two hundred workers lost their jobs at the Llangefni poultry processing plant owned by Grampian last May. | Two hundred workers lost their jobs at the Llangefni poultry processing plant owned by Grampian last May. |
| The T&G said it planned further "days of action if the company doesn't listen to us". | The T&G said it planned further "days of action if the company doesn't listen to us". |
| According to its website, the Grampian Country Food Group was set up in 1980 with 50 workers at a chicken-processing business at Banff, Aberdeenshire. | According to its website, the Grampian Country Food Group was set up in 1980 with 50 workers at a chicken-processing business at Banff, Aberdeenshire. |
| It now employs 20,000 people in the UK, the Netherlands, Portugal and Thailand, and describes itself as "the UK's leading privately owned agri-food business". | It now employs 20,000 people in the UK, the Netherlands, Portugal and Thailand, and describes itself as "the UK's leading privately owned agri-food business". |