Give us the dough, say striking cake workersDEFIANT strikers at Coatbridge’s California Cake Company say they are ready to battle bosses amid claims staff are being forced to work more hours for less hourly pay.
Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan was on the picket line with the workers on Monday to show his support in their fight for fair pay.
And as the face-off enters its third week, the strikers say they are ready to stay out until they get their old pay and conditions back.
Tommy Sheridan said: “I’m here to show solidarity with the workers. This is an imposition of a new contract that means they work more hours for less hourly pay.
“If this company wants to keep its good name and have good products, surely it should pay decent wages. The management didn’t seem to grasp the situation. They said the workers would be getting paid more, but eventually conceded that if they are working more hours to get it then their hourly rate will be lower.”
