Food Manufacture - Terry's moves to Europe
WORKERS, NOV 2005 ISSUE
Terry's York chocolate factory closed at the beginning of October. The landmark building and employer in York has seen its 80 year history terminated. Terry's, part of the US Kraft Foods International, has had production transferred to Sweden,Belgium, Poland and Slovakia.
Though over 300 jobs were lost on closure, what was more disturbing to York residents was that nearly all British staff had already been dismissed or taken redundancy. All long term workers, trade union members and campaigners against closure had been systematically replaced or forced out by short term employees, predominantly from Eastern Europe.