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Wed 10 Oct 2009Coke strike 'a danger to 1,100 jobs'
The drinks distribution and bottling company Coca-Cola HBC has warned that the current dispute with the trade union Siptu over out-sourcing of around 130 jobs could jeopardise the livelihoods of around 1,100 other employees.
The move came as Siptu said that it was seeking an all-out picket in the seven- week- long dispute. The union also said today that it was seeking the intervention of the National Implementation Body, the main trouble-shooting mechanism under social partnership.
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