# Brakes Dundee workers consider strike action

> Around 80 warehouse workers and distribution drivers at Brakes’ Dundee facility are being balloted for industrial action over pay. The ballot opened on November 9 and closes on November 30; the site supplies hospitality and retail customers across Dundee and Fife, including public-sector institutions.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T21:16:37.121Z
- Category: logistics · region United Kingdom · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/90222-brakes-dundee-workers-consider-strike-action
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A strike could interrupt local foodservice deliveries if warehouse and driver operations are affected. The article does not indicate a material impact on feed supply or agricultural commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-18 | [Rail strike looms as CN, CPKC workers take action to a vote - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30759-rail-strike-looms-as-cn-cpkc-workers-take-action-to-a-vote-grainews.md) | +0.5% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-02 | [CN Rail Workers Strike \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50667-cn-rail-workers-strike-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.9% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-02 | [CPKC signals, communications workers on strike – Winnipeg Free Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18800-cpkc-signals-communications-workers-on-strike-winnipeg-free-press.md) | -0.6% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-25 | [PSAC workers' nationwide strike brings picket to Thunder Bay's grain terminal \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36420-psac-workers-nationwide-strike-brings-picket-to-thunder-bay-s-grain-terminal.md) | +0.0% | -3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-09 | [Rail workers, grain growers await CIRB decision on potential strike – Brandon Sun](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29278-rail-workers-grain-growers-await-cirb-decision-on-potential-strike-brandon-sun.md) | -4.0% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- foodmanufacture.co.uk: https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2026/11/09/brakes-dundee-workers-consider-strike-action/

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