Chronic staff shortages cannot be overcome as employers continue to offer low wages and poor terms and conditions to new staff. Aviation industry is “paying the price of mass sackings during the…Read more…
‘Another great deal won by Unite’
Unite the union has secured a basic pay increase of more than 20 per cent over two years for HGV drivers employed by McPherson Limited, raising the workers’ wages by at least £2200 this year. The…Read more…
Sun Chemical ink firm workers to strike
Pay strikes at the UK’s only ink manufacturer, Sun Chemical, will impact the printing of the Daily Mail as well as production for Amcor, Scheizwer and Multi-Colour Corp. Nearly 200 Sun Chemical…Read more…
Windfall tax not enough
As chancellor Rishi Sunak on Thursday (May 26) announced U-turn on a windfall tax on oil and gas companies’ profits to help pay for emergency relief to tackle the cost of living crisis, Unite has…Read more…
GXO drivers strikes off
Strikes planned for next week, which would have affected supplies to over 400 Co-op stores, have been suspended following an improved pay offer. Over 330 lorry drivers and transport clerks employed…Read more…
‘We need more health visitors and school nurses’
More health visitors and school nurses need to be employed to ensure a successful revamp in standards proposed by their regulatory body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Unite the union said…Read more…
Arriva workers in Yorkshire to strike
Bus passengers in Yorkshire are braced for substantial strike action next month as workers challenge Arriva’s failure to tackle low pay. Over 650 members of Unite have recorded 96 per cent vote in…Read more…
Arriva London bus strikes off
Strike action by over 1,000 London bus drivers employed by Arriva has been called off following an improved pay offer. The dispute concerned an outstanding pay increase for 2021. Members of Unite the…Read more…
Crown Bevcan strikes continue
June pay strikes at Carlisle’s Crown Bevcan factory will hit summer supplies of cans of Coca Cola, Heineken, Brewdog, Magners and Bulmers, Unite said today (May 24). Around 200 workers, who…Read more…
GSK pay win
The threat of strike action at the multinational pharmaceutical company GSK has been averted after members of Unite, accepted an improved pay offer. For the first time in the company’s history, over…Read more…
Darchem Engineering workers to strike
The flagship Hinkley Point nuclear power plant development could face significant delays due to a pay dispute at Darchem Engineering in Stockton-on-Tees. Strike action will hit Darchem Engineering,…Read more…
Southampton Exxon refinery pay strikes to escalate
Pay strikes at Exxon’s Fawley refinery near Southampton will escalate in June risking petrol supply disruption at a sixth of the UK’s petrol stations. Around 100 workers, who make up a third of the…Read more…
‘By whatever means necessary’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said the union would fight back against any attacks on the right to strike after the government indicated it may look to introduce new restrictions on transport…Read more…
‘Brilliant’ pay win at Oxford MINI plant
Warehouse strikes at the Oxford MINI plant have ended after workers employed by logistics firm Rudolph & Hellman secured a pay deal worth 21 per cent over two years. Around 225 workers, made up…Read more…
County Durham car bearing workers in pay win
Pay strikes at car bearing manufacturers NSK Bearings and AKS Precision Ball in Peterlee, County Durham, have ended after a pay deal was reached. Around 200 workers, members of Unite voted in favour…Read more…
Unite celebrates another Glasgow Airport win
Unite has secured OCS Group workers based at Glasgow Airport a one-year pay deal, the UK’s leading aviation trade union confirmed today (May 20). Up to 100 workers are set to benefit from a 10.2 per…Read more…
Hackney council strikes intensify
Strikes at Hackney council will escalate in the coming weeks, Unite has warned, with 70 parking services workers now joining more than 200 of their colleagues in a dispute over pay. Staff working in…Read more…
GXO drivers to strike over pay
Members of Unite, employed as drivers and transport clerks by logistics giant GXO on the outsourced Co-op delivery contract, have announced extensive strike action beginning later this month in a…Read more…
BA Heathrow workers in strike vote
British Airways travellers face travel chaos as Heathrow workers vote on strike action, unions say. Hundreds of Unite and GMB members working as Heathrow check in staff and ground staff have voted in…Read more…
Glasgow airport ground staff celebrate pay win
Ground services crew employed by Menzies Aviation at Glasgow Airport have accepted a new one-year pay deal confirmed as the ‘best deal’ across the company’s UK operations. Unite confirmed today (May…Read more…