Cadbury's company no plans to outsource more than 17 jobs

The company which owns Cadbury's has said it has no plans to outsource more than 17 jobs from its factory in Coolock in Dublin.

Staff at the plant began an indefinite strike this morning over plans to outsource positions in their stores division.

Mondelez, the company which owns Cadbury's, has said the staff currently in the roles are being offered employment elsewhere in the factory and a 4% pay rise.

"The company currently has no plans to outsource any other positions from the Coolock plant," it said in a brief statement.

Richie Brown, regional officer with trade union UNITE, has said they want to see engagement from the company to prevent any outsourcing: “What it will take to end the strike is the company to engage with us in meaningful talks.

“We have proposed to the company that we would reduce the numbers working in the stores, that we would introduce efficiencies and flexibilities, in order to achieve verifiable and real cost savings in the area.

“We have offered that to the company and at this moment in time the company are not interested in listening to us and our proposals they just seem intent on implementing unilaterally and without agreement the outsourcing of the stores.”