Around 100 HGV drivers at Heathrow-based aviation catering firm DO & CO are being balloted for strike action over pay and employment conditions. The dispute stems from the transfer (TUPE) of 1,800 workers from Gate Gourmet and DHL Supply Ser…
Crunch talks between road gritters in Carmarthenshire and the local authority will take place on Monday (17 January) in an attempt to end strike action over pay and conditions. Council gritters first downed tools on 5 January after the GMB union…
The strike by Booker Retail delivery drivers, which threatened to hit deliveries to 1,500 convenience stores in London and the south east ahead of Christmas, has been called off at the eleventh hour. Unite the union said this week that the strik…
GXO Logistics drivers working on the B&Q contract at the Cambuslang depot, near Glasgow, have rejected a below inflation pay offer and voted to take strike action. Union Unite said the strike is supported by 100% of its members at the depot …
Tesco shoppers could face empty shelves in the run-up to Christmas as HGV drivers and warehouse workers based at its depots in Antrim, Belfast, Didcot and Doncaster plan to take strike action over pay. The dispute flared after workers were offer…
DHL Supply Chain said it had not given up resolving a dispute among drivers and warehouse staff at its multi-user site in Bellshill, despite threats of strike action at Christmas. The Unite union said an initial pay offer by the company to staff…
DHL drivers and warehouse operatives at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plants in Birmingham, Solihull and Liverpool have given the thumbs up for industrial action following a long-running row over incorrect furlough payments and the lack of a pay rise …
Wincanton has insisted the pay deal it offered staff working on a B&Q contract at its Worksop distribution centre was fair and competitive, after they threatened to go out on strike at the end of the month. Unite said more than 400 Wincanton…
Another row is brewing between DHL and its lorry drivers on a Sainsbury’s contract after they rejected a 3% pay increase. The dispute involving more than 140 HGV drivers undertaking deliveries across the South West comes less than a month after …
HGV drivers working for Wincanton on the Argos contract in Essex will see their wages rise by between 20-30% after their union secured a “whopping” increase. The Basildon drivers had been preparing for industrial action before Wincanton entered …
Strike action among HGV drivers at Imperial Logistics working on the BMW Mini contract in Oxford has been abandoned after they secured a “bumper” pay rise. A six-day strike, due to commence on 9 November, was called off after workers accepted an…
Tanker drivers employed by Turners (Soham) on the Cargill contract in Liverpool have secured a bumper 17.5% pay deal, Unite has announced. The 24 tanker drivers, who deliver bulk liquid food products to food manufacturers across the UK, are to r…
Mini car production at BMW’s Cowley plant could be severely disrupted after HGV drivers at Imperial Logistics International UK, who deliver components to the factory, voted in favour of a six-day strike. The warning from union Unite comes after …
The threat of strike action among HGV drivers at Tesco-owned wholesaler Booker Retail Partners has been lifted after drivers accepted a new pay deal. The Unite union said industrial action was cancelled following a vote on the offer from the com…