A strike at Belgium’s Clarebout Potatoes, which is in the throes of a takeover by US-based JR Simplot, has entered a fifth day, as Simon Harvey reports in a news story published by JustFood.com.
The industrial action across family-owned Clarebout’s four production plants – three in Belgium and one in France – began 2nd of October in a dispute over bonuses related to the JR Simplot acquisition.
According to the ACV union in Belgium, talks between the workers’ representative and Nieuwkerke-headquartered Clarebout started on 30 September in a request for a bonus payment for all staff.
Lars Decock, secretary for the union, told Just Food via a statement that the application for a bonus payment was prompted by media reports that Clarebout’s CEO Jan Clarebout was due to “receive a substantial amount” from the sale to JR Simplot.
Source: JustFood. Read the news story here
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