Sacked workers from the Magnet company launched a unique plan to win their case, by opening up a chicken farm near the Cambridgeshire home of the firm's chief executive Alan Bowkett. The GMB union said the idea was to keep pressure on Mr Bowkett, who described the stunt as 'childish'. The union has rented a farm in the village of Croxton and intends to hold a series of events to highlight the plight of workers sacked in 1996 after going on strike over pay and conditions at the firm's factory in Darlington, Co. Durham. Photo by Findlay Kember/PA. See PA Story INDUSTRY Chicken. Stock Photo