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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Hannah Baker

Müller factory dispute escalates as workers begin 11-day strike

HGV drivers and shunters at a Müller dairy factory in Gloucestershire have started an 11-day walk out amid a dispute over rotas with the company.

Around 70 Unite the Union members at the site in Stonehouse, who are responsible for delivering milk and other dairy products to M&S and Waitrose, will strike from October 19 to October 29.

Unite said Müller is seeking to impose a change to a five-days-on-two-days-off rota system to require all drivers to work at least one day every weekend. The union claims the move is a breach of an agreement the company signed earlier in the year year.

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