Bakers want £20 basic
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Bakers want f20 basic A THOUSAND Merseyside bakers are continuing their strike demanding a f20 basic rate.
A delegate meeting on Monday night refused to heed the Bakers' Union call to return to work. Mass meetings were expected to be held today (Wednesday) to review the situation.
Bakers claim that their union accepted a 13s. 4d. wage offer by the, employers, but the men threw it out.
They are also demanding time-and-a-half for overtime20 hours in some cases—instead of a fall-back rate.
They also want full pay for 18-year-olds.
Delivery men were still working and it is claimed that management and staff at some firms were baking bread.