Schweppes Workplace Dispute
Explain the nature of a workplace dispute that has occurred in the past 24 months.
The Schweppes workplace dispute debacle was action surrounded by controversy from the employers and the employees, kick starting in December 2011. The dispute started over the company’s plans to introduce longer working hours – 12-hour shifts. This was to the dismay of 155 employees who, in turn took industrial action against the plan. The workers introduced 60-minute periods where work was stopped in Schweppes bottling plant over a period of time. However the company met this industrial action by the employees with a swift and stark reply. Schweppes induced a lockout on its workers, forcing them to stop work altogether as it had resulted in “significantly
The Schweppes workplace dispute debacle was action surrounded by controversy from the employers and the employees, kick starting in December 2011. The dispute started over the company’s plans to introduce longer working hours – 12-hour shifts. This was to the dismay of 155 employees who, in turn took industrial action against the plan. The workers introduced 60-minute periods where work was stopped in Schweppes bottling plant over a period of time. However the company met this industrial action by the employees with a swift and stark reply. Schweppes induced a lockout on its workers, forcing them to stop work altogether as it had resulted in “significantly