Planned strikes by DHL workers have been cancelled after the staff voted to accept a 15% pay rise, union Unite revealed today. The DHL deal also delivers an uplift in skills pay, which will see some DHL workers’ hourly rates increase by up to 31…
Hauliers delivering to Dagenham Ford plant could face major delays as Lineside Logistics workers at the factory ballot for strike action. The ballot, which began this week and closes on 2 May, follows a breakdown in negotiations on pay between w…
Fears that the Jaguar Land Rover plant on Merseyside could grind to a halt this spring have been averted after DHL agreed to compensate 600 of its logistics and dispatch workers for the loss of their shift premiums. The dispute arose after the D…
Amazon workers in a Coventry warehouse have announced an initial strike date. The first-ever Amazon strike in the UK is set to take place on 25 January, with further dates to be announced in the […]
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The cost to Coventry City Council of the strikes among its bin lorry drivers has ballooned to £7.2m, according to a new report. The dispute over pay began at the start of the year and […]
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Greene King has paid tribute to its brewing and distribution teams and said their hard work had helped cancel out any impact from a pay dispute among union workers, which has now escalated into strike […]
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Wincanton has agreed to give 150 tanker drivers pay increases ranging between 20% and 37% after facing the threat of strike action which could have brought major disruption to the UK’s fuel supplies. The deal […]
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Strike action is threatening to delay thousands of HGV driving and vehicle tests across the country from this week, DVSA is warning. HGV driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) […]
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Employees of ArrowXL protested outside Logistics UK’s annual awards ceremony in London last night in an ongoing row over pay. The members of the Unite union held up a banner saying: ‘ArrowXL Time to Deliver […]
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Biffa has offered its drivers in Wirral an “above-inflation” pay offer as it seeks to avoid strike action among union members. Around 200 workers on an outsourced refuse contract on Merseyside were due to commence […]
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Biffa said it was doing everything it could to prevent strike action among HGV drivers on an outsourced refuse contract in Merseyside. Around 200 workers employed by the company in Wirral are due to commence […]
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ArrowXL has defended renewed accusations from a section of its workforce that it is offering ‘poverty pay rates’ and insisted ongoing strikes had caused minimal disruption. The 350 workers, who represent less than 30% of the overall workforce, u…
Royal Mail is seeking permission from the government to stop making letter deliveries on Saturdays as it tries to reverse its multi-million pound losses in the first half of the year. Its non-executive chair, Keith Williams, said “urgent reform”…
Strike action at the port of Liverpool has ended after a pay deal of 9% was struck with the Unite union. The port said an agreement had also been reached to implement a new pay structure for port operators and this, along with an increase to the…