United Biscuits Workers Appeal to People of Liverpool - Help Stop Company Greed Hitting Merseyside Jobs

LIVERPOOL, England, April 17/PRNewswire/ --

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Date: Saturday 18th April 2009
Time: 11.30 am
Venue: Bold Street (Lyceum Building), Liverpool City Centre L1 -
Liverpool
City Central Business Improvement District

Workers at United Biscuits' Liverpool Binns Road site have kick-started a
petition to urge United Biscuits not to go ahead with plans to move 170 jobs
to India.

Unite members at United Biscuits face an uncertain future while the
company decides on proposals to move UK jobs abroad later this month.

Workers from the Binns Road site will be visiting Liverpool town centre
on Saturday 18th April to encourage the public to sign their petition. The
petition calls on the local community, government and local MPs to show their
support for the workers by signing up to the "Stop United Biscuits moving
Liverpool jobs to India" campaign.

Unite Regional Officer, Debbie Brannan, said: "United Biscuits is owned
by private equity firms Blackstone and PIA whose only motive is profit. It is
the hard-working staff who have made this company profitable and they deserve
to be treated a lot better than this. We must make sure that this is not
allowed to happen or we will continue to face more job losses and what jobs
will there be in Merseyside for our children?

"We must fight to keep people working in this city, which is why we are
launching a petition across the country to rally support from the community
so we can keep these jobs in Liverpool and the UK.

"The workers that face job losses have families and mortgages to pay and
do not need added stress during this difficult time. It is time they listened
to their loyal workforce and don't let 170 job cuts go ahead."

Unite members will lobby MPs at Westminster, London next week to appeal
to them to support the people of Merseyside as they fight for their jobs.

Support the workers and sign the petition today at:
http://www.unitetheunion.com/northwest.

On 16th May 2009, Unite will hold a march through Birmingham. This will
be the centrepiece of the 'Unite for Jobs' campaign. The March for Jobs will
spotlight the need for urgent assistance to defend jobs.

To see what the Unite for Jobs demands are or for information on the
march visit: http://www.action.unitetheunion.com/campaigns/uniteforjobs

Notes to Editors

United Biscuits brands include:

McVitie's including Digestives, HobNobs and Rich Tea
Jacob's Cream Crackers
Twiglets
Hula Hoops
Penguin
Jaffa Cakes
McCoy's
Mini Cheddars
Phileas Fogg
KP Nuts
Go Ahead

Source: Unite the Union

For further information please contact Karen Viquerat on +44(0)1704-546-500 or +44(0)7768-931316 or Debbie Brannan on +44(0)7768-931271.

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