Striking Musgrave staff reject calls to return to work

Striking staff at Musgrave’s chill warehouse in Cork rejected company calls to return to work last night and vowed to continue their dispute indefinitely.

Up to 70 Siptu members picketed the retail firm’s offices on Tramore Road yesterday in a row over the implementation of a Labour Court recommendation which includes a 5% pay rise.

The company, however, yesterday activated a contingency plan to ensure deliveries continued from the chill warehouse which manages the storage and distribution of chilled products to its vast network of SuperValu and Centra stores.