GMB members employed by TESCO supplier, Bakkavor will next week stage a demonstration outside TESCO Head Office following its failure, and that of its supplier, to take action on a health and safety warning issued in March 2007 by GMB.

In March, GMB warned of the danger of a serious accident at the Bakkavor hummus plant in north west London following production line changes . The production line re-organisation gave rise to the requirement to boil tahini oil and led to highly dangerous congestion at the plant.

Tahir Bhatti GMB Organiser- representing members at Bakkavor Park Royal said: “Bakkavor managers are putting production for the High Street supermarkets ahead of their legal duty to protect the health and safety of their workers. They have a poor track record on health and safety on that site. GMB has warned them before to stop cutting corners and putting our members at risk. Several union members have been badly injured and disabled by machines on the site.

The company refuses to recognise GMB to represent the 2,500 mainly migrant workers at the plant.

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