The corporate added that its pay supply was “very aggressive throughout the market”.
Its West Yorkshire website is the most important smooth drinks plant in Europe and produces greater than 50% of the drinks the corporate sells in Britain.
The plant spans an space just like the dimensions of 15 soccer pitches and produces 420,000 cans per hour.
Its merchandise embody Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Monster and Relentless.
Unite common secretary Sharon Graham mentioned the corporate was making “income within the billions” so may afford “a correct pay rise”.
Ms Graham mentioned: “Its income are up 37% to an eye-watering £1.85bn however bosses refuse to pay staff a good wage enhance which retains up with rising costs.”
A spokesperson for the corporate mentioned the typical whole package deal for a employee at Wakefield was £46,900.
The corporate mentioned it had additionally made a “£1,000 cost to all frontline colleagues previously 12 months to assist the present cost-of-living challenges”.
The spokesperson mentioned: “While we hope {that a} decision might be discovered, we’re getting ready strong contingency measures and are assured that there might be no disruption to our commerce clients.”
The corporate mentioned it remained “absolutely dedicated to sustaining talks with colleagues”, including “this presents the prospect of a constructive end result – not like industrial motion”.
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