Cadbury's Due To Announce "Huge Profits".

Unite members at Cadbury's will demonstrate outside the chocolate manufacturer's sites as the firm releases its half-year results.

Cadbury's plans to renege the final year of a three-year pay deal, despite expecting to register huge profits.

Cadbury had agreed a deal in line with the Retail Prices Index (RPI) plus 0.5%, but with a minimum of 2% for 2009. However, as the RPI in February was 0%, Unite claims the company is breaking the original agreement and instead imposing a deal of 0.5%.

The workers will protest at Bourneville, Chirk, Marlbrook and Somerdale plants.

Jennie Formby, Unite national officer for the food and retail sector, said: "The company has breached the agreement, which was to pay workers in line with the cost of living for three years.

"We have repeatedly offered to enter into meaningful negotiations and still will. We say to the management, talk to us because we can work this out. We do not want to take any action and it is very unusual for Cadbury, so to be demonstrating on Wednesday shows the strength of feeling among these workers."

More than 1,000 workers across Cadbury's sites are currently being balloted on the prospect of industrial action to force the company to uphold the agreement. The ballot result is expected towards the end of August.