Coke workers in protest over threat to jobs

Members of Unite at Wakefield in West Yorkshire, protested together with colleagues at Sidcup, East Kilbride, Bristol, Northampton, Milton Keynes, and London, where strikes have been held over threatened job cuts.

Unite's national officer Jennie Formby said: "Unite is demanding that Coke thinks again. As a very minimum there must be a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies, permanent pay protection for all displaced workers and Coke must start to engage fully in meaningful consultation about making sure our members don't pay the price for changes that will further benefit this phenomenally profitable company."

A spokesman for Coca-Cola Enterprises said: "No decisions have yet been made, and we are now in consultation with employee representatives."