Workers at Iceland set to strike

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Christmas supplies to branches of frozen food chain Iceland in the south-east of England could be hit by a strike over pay, a union has said.

Staff at the firm's north London depot have rejected a 2.4% pay rise, and are set to walk out in a series of one and two-day strikes starting on 8 December.

While the 365 workers are employed by DHL Exel, the T&G union said it also blamed Iceland for the dispute.

Neither Iceland or DHL Exel were immediately available for comment.

The T&G says that any pay increases by DHL at the depot first have to be authorised by Iceland.

Iceland's Enfield depot has about 115 drivers and 250 warehouse operatives.

It delivers to about 180 Iceland stores in London and across the South East and East Anglia, including stores in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and Kent.