Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) said it had averted strike action among truckers and cargo handlers at Heathrow Airport after it offered them a pay deal worth 7.5%. The Unite union had warned “freight chaos” was on the cards after it claimed the…
XPO said it had remained “an employer of choice” for fuel tanker drivers after striking a deal with the union which raised pay by an average of £12,000. “The vastly improved” deal was agreed after the 57 drivers on the outsourced Tesco petrol st…
Airport cargo handling firm Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) said it was confident it could resolve a pay dispute among its truck drivers after the Unite union threatened it with strike action. The union said “freight chaos” was on the cards at H…
Manchester bin drivers are voting on whether to strike after rejecting an “insulting” pay offer of 1.75% from employer Biffa. The bin strike ballot opened today (29 March), after extensive negotiations with the waste management company failed to…
DHL Tradeteam said it was disappointed that union members working on its Molson Coors beer contract in Burton-on-Trent are to start strike action in a dispute over “excessively long delivery routes”. Unite claimed the logistics firm had reneged …
The regrading of HGV drivers working for Plymouth city council from unskilled to semi-skilled workers has added £3,000 to their salaries. The pay deal, described as groundbreaking by the Unite union, has boosted pay among 46 HGV drivers working …
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…
Strike action by Tesco HGV drivers and warehouse workers has been suspended after the supermarket giant offered them a 5.5% pay increase. Earlier this week, the Unite union said its members at Tesco distribution centres in Antrim, Belfast, Didco…
The Unite union has added its support to the review of the Driver CPC announced by the government this week and said employers should be made to pay for the training. Following on from positive reactions from the RHA and Logistics UK to the Depa…
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 …
The safety of all road users is at risk now that the government has relaxed cabotage rules for foreign drivers, according to the Unite union. It said that HGVs operating under the new system would not have to comply with the same licensing requi…
XPO drivers have become the latest to strike a significant pay increase after their union negotiated a 20% salary boost for those working on the logistics firm’s Wavin contract. Unite said 39 drivers in Chippenham would be receiving the pay rise…
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 …