93 facing axe at creamery.Byline: STEVE BAGNALL company of springing the announcement on unsuspecting workers without any warning. They will now fight to try and keep the jobs at the plant. A Milk Link spokeswoman said: "The review confirmed that at acquisition Llandyrnog's cheese making and packing operations were loss-making, despite it paying a below the market average price to farmers for milk. "Further to this, the creamery had high and unviable staffing levels and suffered WORKERS at a creamery were reeling reel·ing n. Maine Sustained noise, as from hammering: "Hark that reeling, now, you'll wake the baby!" Anonymous. yesterday after the shock announcement 93 jobs are to be axed. Milk Link's move to shed the jobs at the Llandyrnog Creamery has infuriated in·fu·ri·ate tr.v. in·fu·ri·at·ed, in·fu·ri·at·ing, in·fu·ri·ates To make furious; enrage. adj. Archaic Furious. union chiefs who branded the move "deplorable de·plor·a·ble adj. 1. Worthy of severe condemnation or reproach: a deplorable act of violence. 2. ". The company took over the site in June, after Dairy Farmers of Britain Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFoB) is a UK co-operative milk processor that buys milk directly from farmers and has several factories producing milk and cheese products for sale in various regions throughout the UK. went into administration, and spoke at the time of developing the site. But the reality was very different yesterday when employees got the news more than half the 160 jobs are to be cut. Company bosses insisted they had no choice following a review of the plant which showed it was not operating efficiently. They claim the tough moves, which will see the pre-packing arm of the plant discontinued and absorbed into Milk Link's facility at Oswestry, will guarantee its future. But Usdaw union officials accused the from considerable volatility in the volumes of cheese made, as a result of the creamery being used by its previous owners as a 'balancing facility' to process excess and often inconsistent volumes of milk into cheese." She said the creamery will now focus solely on the making of cheese and move to more efficient and planned production in line with Milk Link's demand led processing strategy. There will be a 30-day consultation. Usdaw National Officer, John Gorle, said: "It is deplorable that in 2009, companies in Britain still behave in this manner, giving us no notice that they are to virtually close a factory which has supported the whole of a North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. community for decades." "We were not even given the chance to be there to support our members in the worst moment of their working lives. The employees, the union, local politicians and the wider community feel misled and let down." stevebagnall@dailypost.co.uk CAPTION(S): Cheese will continue to be made at Llandyrnog Creamery after the move |
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