Croydon’s bin lorry crews are about to start three weeks of industrial action, as train, Tube and now tram drivers are also going on strike. It is often the only course of action that workers can take, writes ANDREW FISHER
‘Poverty pay’: members of …
Employees at McPherson Limited will benefit from the changes.
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Long-distance HGV workers at Moray logistics company McPherson Limited will soon have microwaves and fridges in their cabs.
The moves comes as union Unite h…
Unite the union has secured a basic pay increase of more than 20 per cent over two years for HGV drivers employed by McPherson Limited, raising the workers’ wages by at least £2,200 this year.
The Elgin-based logistics company, which transports goods a…
PAY rises have been offered to Rugby’s bin lorry drivers and street cleaners in the hope of ending bin collection strikes in the town as they enter a fourth week.
Rugby Borough Council (RBC) has offered to increase wages for the two roles – but has re…
Formal notice has been issued of a ballot of refuse collectors for potential strike action and GMB Union claims it could mean a walkout next month.Until May 27, members employed by Isle of Wight Council’s waste contractor, Amey, are bein…
Unite press release
For immediate release: Wednesday 4 May 2022
Coventry council’s shocking double standards emerge amid Coventry bin strike
It has just emerged that refuse vehicle drivers employed by Tom White Ltd, a subsidiary of Coventry council tha…
Unite news release
Monday 2 May 2022
NEW POLL: Coventry residents send message to council – settle the strike and pay the rate!
A new poll reveals that over two thirds of Coventry’s residents back the striking HGV drivers’ “reasonable” pay demand…
Planned refuse collection strikes by members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, employed by Biffa on the outsourced Manchester council contract have been called off following an improved pay offer.
Strikes off
The strikes were due to begin next Tuesday …
HGV drivers who left the industry are being urged to return and sign up to government-funded refresher courses and earn more money than they did before. Business consortium Driver Academy Group said the skills bootcamps were “a game-changer” and…
Refuse workers employed by Veolia on the outsourced Croydon council contract are to begin balloting for strike action in a dispute over low pay.
Low pay
Unite, the UK’s leading union, is balloting around 100 refuse workers employed by Veo…
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When the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, asked companies in February to exercise “pay restraint”, he did so because the Bank is tasked with keeping inflation low and stable, and it doesn’t wa…
A lorry for beauty retailer Superdrug managed to get stuck on some narrow city centre roads this morning. The truck got into bother navigating the narrow roads around St Martin’s Square.
The sizeable vehicle ended up blocking the corner where Cank Stre…
Unite, the UK’s leading union, has secured a pay rise worth just under 14 per cent for around 100 HGV drivers at premium aviation catering firm DO & CO at Heathrow.
The rise is a result of a pay dispute that began after 1,800 workers in vario…
A furious B&Q driver has complained that workers at the company’s Swindon[1] depot are being treated unfairly by their contractor in a pay dispute.The HGV driver claims that GXO Logistics, which employs drivers on behalf of B&Q, has agreed…