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…
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…