Bin collections in Wirral will not go ahead as usual next week as hundreds of Biffa workers begin to strike in the lead-up to Christmas.
Around 200 workers employed by Biffa on the outsourced Wirral Council refuse contract will walk out on Monday as th…
Travel across Scotland’s Highland and island communities could be disrupted if airport staff decide to take strike action.
Members of the Unite union working at Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) have voted by 73.5% in favour of walkouts in …
ExplainerCould Britain be facing a general strike this winter?Workers from the health, transport, education and postal sectors have voted for industrial action, but coordination is legally restricted Nurses and ambulance workers, railway staff, bus dri…
Around 200 workers employed by Biffa on the outsourced Wirral council refuse contract will begin strike action next week in a dispute over low pay.
Low pay
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As Sharon Graham marks her first year in office, she warns of more strikes if employers keep ‘offering pay cuts’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “The two words that unite all the individual strikes taking place…
Unite, the UK’s leading union, has secured a 12 per cent pay deal for around 200 Sainsbury’s HGV drivers in Basingstoke.
The drivers, who deliver stock to stores across the region, voted by 92 per cent in favour of the one-year deal.
The deal is …
Unite would not reveal the exact details of the pay agreement but general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This is another great deal won by Unite and demonstrates that even in this cost of living crisis, Unite is winning better jobs, pay and conditions …
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…