Promens staff to strike over pay

According to reports, workers will walk out on Tuesday (8 July) after being offered a 2.2% pay rise.

Unite regional industrial organiser Ivan Crane said staff at Promens had reluctantly accepted below inflation pay offers over the past few years, but now they have said “enough is enough”.

The current rate of inflation, according to the government’s Retail Prices Index is 4.3%.

Next week’s 24-hour walkout could be followed by further action if the company does not change its offer, the union said.

Promens said it would be making a statement on Monday (7 July), but refused to give Packaging News more details.

The company, formerly known as Fibrenyle, is one of three UK packaging factories owned by Icelandic firm Promens. It employs 255 people at the Ellough Industrial Estate in Beccles.

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