Disbelief rang around Tameside's Pilgrim plant as another working day came to an end. Almost 550 workers have been put at risk of redundancy at the meat processing factory, which is set to close its doors.
Staff told the Manchester Evening News they received the news at a group meeting yesterday (May 16), when a senior manager from Pilgrim's UK informed them all of the factory's closure, which will follow a 45-day consultation period. Lenoa Eastwood, from Ashton-under-Lyne, has worked at the factory for 23 years.
The 54-year-old said: "It's gutting. It's hundreds of people out of work in Tameside. It's a lot of people all looking for the same sort of work.
