Depot Workers' Strike Threat Over Union Fear

GMB worries members will face ‘fire and rehire’

- Mark McGivern

Supermarket supply workers are set to strike after claims that bosses are plotting to derecognise them.

GMB members are balloting for potential action and holding crunch talks with management today at the XPO Logistics depot in Bellshill, which services 54 Scottish Morrisons’ supermarkets.

The workers are furious over plans to axe 47 team managers from a key bargaining group.

Union bosses fear the moves to weaken the union via the restructure could be a precursor to “fire and rehire”.

The GMB has already been at loggerheads with XPO over staff having to work through the pandemic and many workers were struck with Covid.