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…
Wincanton HGV drivers on its Asda contract have accepted a 9.5% pay deal in a move which avoids the prospect of supply problems at ASDA supermarkets this Christmas. Over 80 HGV drivers employed by Wincanton on an outsourced contract and re…
Logistics company Eddie Stobart has been fined £133,000 after staff were exposed to asbestos during excavation work carried out at its rail and container freight port in Widnes. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) foun…
GXO lorry drivers delivering beer to pubs and bars on behalf of some of the biggest breweries in the UK have voted in favour of a pay deal that will see salaries rise by up to 12.5%. The decision to accept the one-year pay deal means strike acti…
Wincanton has maintained that its pay offer to drivers on the Asda contract was fair and competitive, after the Unite union threatened it with strike action in the run-up to Christmas. Unite said the supermarket was facing the prospect of empty …
Ongoing strike action at the port of Liverpool will hit the region’s economy and affect businesses beyond the dock gates, according to the chief executive at Peel Ports Group. David Huck said the industrial action among port operatives and maint…
HGV drivers at dairy firm Muller have resumed their strikes over “excessive rota demands” after industrial action was halted due to disruption by animal rights activists. Nearly 70 staff responsible for delivering milk and other dairy products t…
Amazon has defended its pay to employees after the GMB union said its warehouse staff will become the first in the UK to take part in a formal strike ballot. The union said hundreds of workers have begun voting on whether to walk out in anger ov…
Another eight day strike at Felixstowe Port is on the cards this month, after workers rejected management’s attempt to impose a pay deal. The second eight day strike, announced by Unite, follows the refusal of Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company…
Container hauliers will face “severe disruption” at Liverpool Port this month after more than 560 port operatives and maintenance engineers voted in favour of staging a two-week strike. The warning was made by union Unite as it revealed that its…