Argos distribution workers begin three-week strike

Workers at the retail giant Argos are beginning a three-week strike in a dispute over redundancy arrangements.

Protests will be staged outside a distribution site in Burton-on-Trent.

The Unite union, which represents Argos distribution workers, has warned that deliveries to customers will be severely hit.

Unite has accused Argos of failing to give guarantees at all its logistics sites that workers' future terms and conditions will be safeguarded

Almost 500 workers were transferred from Argos' Lutterworth distribution hub in Leicestershire to Wincanton Logistics in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

Argos has reassured customers that contingency plans have been put in place. Credit: PA

A spokesman for Argos said the company was "disappointed" with the actions taken by Unite.