Container hauliers are facing severe disruption at Felixstowe Port after last ditch pay talks between management and the unions broke down yesterday. More than 1,900 members of Unite will strike for eight days, from Sunday 21 August until Monday…
Container deliveries to and from the Port of Felixstowe are facing severe disruption as over 1,900 workers prepare to stage an eight-day strike after negotiations on a wage hike failed to reach agreement this week. However the strike may be aver…
Coventry City Council said it was “bitterly disappointed” that the bin lorry driver strike took so long to resolve after a deal was finally reached with the Unite union last week. The row, which started in January, ended with an agreement that H…
Operations at Felixstowe port could grind to a halt next month after union members recorded a “massive” 92% vote in favour of strike action over pay. The UK’s largest container terminal said Unite had agreed to its request to meet with conciliat…
High inflation, the cost of living crisis and a fall in demand for Covid-19 test kits have seen Royal Mail’s total parcel volumes plummet, with the company currently losing £1m a day, according to Keith Williams, chair of Royal Mail. In its late…
The United Road Transport Union (URTU) said Wincanton’s delivery work for Wilko would be affected after members voted to strike in a dispute over a staff sacking. Industrial action is due to take place on 18 July and URTU said store deliveries s…
Disruption to Royal Mail parcel and letter deliveries now looks inevitable after the Unite union said strike action among managers will start later this month. The trade union said 2,400 frontline delivery managers will work to rule on 15-19 Jul…
Royal Mail said it had written to Unite asking it stop using “misleading figures” after the trade union claimed it planned to cut 542 frontline delivery managers from the business. Summer strikes are now on the cards after a vote among workers r…
A long-running dispute between HGV drivers and employer Coventry council looks unlikely to be settled soon after they voted to renew their strike mandate and continue industrial action into the summer. The Unite union said 100% of the drivers vo…
Royal Mail said it did not recognise the figures Unite claimed were being cut from its delivery work and questioned why it was balloting for strike action after its restructure was completed. The union warned that letter and parcel delivery “cha…
Strikes involving GXO drivers on the outsourced Co-op contract have been suspended after the company put forward an improved pay offer. More than 330 lorry drivers and transport clerks based at GXO’s distribution centre in St Helens were due to …
Delivery drivers at DHL working for JCB have called off a strike after securing an almost 10% pay rise. The drivers, who deliver JCB parts between factories across the UK, were due to walk out yesterday and today (23 and 24 May). However, an ele…
GXO has become embroiled in another pay dispute with its drivers on the outsourced Co-op delivery contract, three months after agreeing a 15% salary increase for drivers in Avonmouth. Over 330 drivers and transport clerks in St Helens are now in…
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) said it had averted strike action among truckers and cargo handlers at Heathrow Airport after it offered them a pay deal worth 7.5%. The Unite union had warned “freight chaos” was on the cards after it claimed the…