Banana strike straightened out
15th December 1972, Page 19
15th December 1972
Page 19
Page 19, 15th December 1972
— Banana strike straightened out
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• Ten lorry drivers on strike at a St Helens banana ripening plant of Geest Industries have accepted a redundancy agreement. The trouble started when Geest decided to transport bananas from South Wales docks by rail instead of road, making eight of the 10 drivers redundant, The men walked out. Eighty-seven production and distribution workers had to be laid off and tons of bananas in the plant were threatened with ruin.
The redundancy agreement was reached after meetings between management and TGWU officials.