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…
Wincanton has maintained its pay offer put to drivers on the Morrisons contract was fair and competitive, after it was accused of profiteering by a trade union. Unite said hundreds of HGV drivers in the north of England have now begun voting on …
GXO has described comments by the Unite union regarding a pay offer for 1,000 of its draymen making beer deliveries across the UK as “inaccurate and misleading” and that they risk causing unnecessary disruption. As things stand, the HGV drivers …
ArrowXL said it was “extremely disappointed” to be in dispute over pay with 350 of its drivers and warehouse workers after it increased salaries by an average of 8.25% and enhanced their benefits. The two-person home delivery specialist said it …
Wincanton has maintained that its pay offer to drivers on the Asda contract was fair and competitive, after the Unite union threatened it with strike action in the run-up to Christmas. Unite said the supermarket was facing the prospect of empty …
Amazon has defended its pay to employees after the GMB union said its warehouse staff will become the first in the UK to take part in a formal strike ballot. The union said hundreds of workers have begun voting on whether to walk out in anger ov…
Another eight day strike at Felixstowe Port is on the cards this month, after workers rejected management’s attempt to impose a pay deal. The second eight day strike, announced by Unite, follows the refusal of Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company…
Container hauliers will face “severe disruption” at Liverpool Port this month after more than 560 port operatives and maintenance engineers voted in favour of staging a two-week strike. The warning was made by union Unite as it revealed that its…
Container hauliers are battling against the knock-on effects of an eight day strike by dockworkers at Felixstowe Port which kicked off yesterday (21 August). The strike was called after Unite the union, which represents 1,900 dock workers reject…
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…
Around 1,000 warehouse staff at Amazon’s facility at Tilbury in Essex staged sit down protests on Wednesday and Thursday this week after rejecting a 35p an hour pay rise. The workers are demanding the online giant increase their pay by £2 an hou…
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…