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    Hovis bakery workers in Wigan strike

    i don't think this has been posted about before, no more crumpet for some, they've used their loaf and gone for strike action, everyone should get a decent slice of the pie

    More than 200 production staff at Wigan's Hovis bakery have begun a week-long strike in a row over contracts and pay.


    read more here .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-23866891
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Hovis from a vending machine?
    One day soon perhaps.. The mind boggles!!
    Onwards and upwards!


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    Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post

    More than 200 production staff at Wigan's Hovis bakery have begun a week-long strike in a row over contracts and pay.
    ... no doubt hoping to "earn a half decent crust", by their way of it!


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    Being paid crumbs


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    Being paid crumbs
    ...crumbs! Are they really "on the breadline"?


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    seems to me there isnt enough dough in breadmaking these days


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    I think it's a half-baked idea,there simply was no knead and who's gonna be the breadwinner now?


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    Some terrible bread puns so far.

    Come on guys, at yeast put some thought into it...


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    I stopped buying Hovis bread the day after the photo of the dead mouse in their granary loaf was published a few years ago and haven't touched it since. Taking industrial action is yet another nail in the coffin .......... or slice in the bag!


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