Around 100 HGV drivers at Heathrow-based aviation catering firm DO & CO are being balloted for strike action over pay and employment conditions. The dispute stems from the transfer (TUPE) of 1,800 workers from Gate Gourmet and DHL Supply Ser…
Crunch talks between road gritters in Carmarthenshire and the local authority will take place on Monday (17 January) in an attempt to end strike action over pay and conditions. Council gritters first downed tools on 5 January after the GMB union…
The strike by Booker Retail delivery drivers, which threatened to hit deliveries to 1,500 convenience stores in London and the south east ahead of Christmas, has been called off at the eleventh hour. Unite the union said this week that the strik…
GXO Logistics drivers working on the B&Q contract at the Cambuslang depot, near Glasgow, have rejected a below inflation pay offer and voted to take strike action. Union Unite said the strike is supported by 100% of its members at the depot …
Union Unite claimed Tesco-owned Booker Retail Partners had reneged on an agreement struck less than two months ago relating to delivery drivers’ pay and that pre-Christmas strikes are now back on the agenda. After the long-running dispute was th…
HGV drivers working for Unipart delivering equipment and supplies to NHS hospitals have secured a “substantial” pay deal from their employer, according to Unite. It means strike action has been called off after the union’s Unipart members voted …
Asda has accused the GMB of going far above and beyond a pay deal agreed earlier this year after the union said the supermarket had failed to offer distribution staff a meaningful pay offer. Strike action after Christmas could now be on the card…
A row has erupted between tipper drivers in Wales and their former employer Hanson after the construction supplier agreed to transfer the work to Manchester operator Gerrards of Swinton. Seven HGV drivers working out of Criggion quarry near Shre…
Strike action by Tesco HGV drivers and warehouse workers has been suspended after the supermarket giant offered them a 5.5% pay increase. Earlier this week, the Unite union said its members at Tesco distribution centres in Antrim, Belfast, Didco…
Tesco shoppers could face empty shelves in the run-up to Christmas as HGV drivers and warehouse workers based at its depots in Antrim, Belfast, Didcot and Doncaster plan to take strike action over pay. The dispute flared after workers were offer…
DHL Supply Chain said it had not given up resolving a dispute among drivers and warehouse staff at its multi-user site in Bellshill, despite threats of strike action at Christmas. The Unite union said an initial pay offer by the company to staff…
DHL drivers and warehouse operatives at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plants in Birmingham, Solihull and Liverpool have given the thumbs up for industrial action following a long-running row over incorrect furlough payments and the lack of a pay rise …
Wincanton has insisted the pay deal it offered staff working on a B&Q contract at its Worksop distribution centre was fair and competitive, after they threatened to go out on strike at the end of the month. Unite said more than 400 Wincanton…
HGV drivers working for Wincanton on the Argos contract in Essex will see their wages rise by between 20-30% after their union secured a “whopping” increase. The Basildon drivers had been preparing for industrial action before Wincanton entered …