Unite national officer, Adrian Jones said: “The latest offer to settle this long-running dispute was completely unsatisfactory to our members who feel that they have been boxed into a corner by the hard-hearted ESL management.
“The drivers feel that ESL wanted to get rid of them right from when they were transferred from Tesco to Stobart’s in August. Unite believes that this has been the company’s agenda all along.
“The drivers face losing their jobs by Christmas and they will be taking continuous strike action from 00.05am on Thursday, 6 December. They will fight on, buoyed up by the magnificent support from the Doncaster public.”
Jones added: “ESL has issued a press statement that is antagonistic in the extreme. Our main aim as a union has been to protect jobs for the long-term; jobs that are secure and provide permanent employment in the Doncaster area.
“We have discussed a financial settlement with ESL for the drivers – but our priority is to save jobs. The drivers overwhelmingly rejected the financial offer which was designed to get them out the door and not to maintain employment.
“Tesco should hang its head in shame at what it has done to this committed and hard working group of drivers.”
Source: Unite
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