Wincanton has agreed to give 150 tanker drivers pay increases ranging between 20% and 37% after facing the threat of strike action which could have brought major disruption to the UK’s fuel supplies. The deal […]
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ArrowXL has defended renewed accusations from a section of its workforce that it is offering ‘poverty pay rates’ and insisted ongoing strikes had caused minimal disruption. The 350 workers, who represent less than 30% of the overall workforce, u…
“Shameful” figures from a survey of 1,700 HGV drivers reveal 76% had needed to use a toilet during their working day in the last year but none had been available. More than one in 10 (11%) said that a lack of access to toilet facilities had resu…
Unite said it had agreed a “ground-breaking deal” that secured the jobs of tanker drivers employed on Asda and Euro Garages contracts. The union said industrial action was on the cards over a perceived threat to the drivers’ jobs, but following …
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 lorry drivers delivering beer to pubs and bars on behalf of some of the biggest breweries in the UK have voted in favour of a pay deal that will see salaries rise by up to 12.5%. The decision to accept the one-year pay deal means strike acti…
Strike action among 1,000 GXO draymen has been suspended following what the Unite union described as “a much improved pay offer” by the logistics firm. The first round of strikes was due to commence on 31 October and run until Friday 4 November,…
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 …
Peel Ports has asked Unite to give all employees at the port of Liverpool the opportunity to vote on its current pay offer, after concerns were raised that the union was relying on a “show-of-hands” involving a fraction of the workforce. The ope…
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 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…