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…
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…
Shop at a Co-op with your blue membership card? Look out for your ballot and vote #YesToMotion9 🗳️
(as a regular shopper at the co-op, co-operative party member and a proud Labour and Co-op Candidate in the local Council elections next month you can hazard a guess which way I will be voting on motion 9) Dear John, Do you regularly shop …Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every week here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. NHS workers continuing their fight for a pay rise Last week, we…Read more…
Co-op Insurance hypocrisy ‘beyond belief’
Unite has hit back against Manchester-based Co-op Insurance for its decision to sell the business to a known union-busting firm Markerstudy, which will entail the loss of 200 jobs, with the remaining…Read more…
‘Practice what you preach’
Christmas deliveries to 650 Co-op stores in London and the south east could be hit, if a dispute over the sacking of two disabled workers at its Thurrock distribution centre escalates, Unite has…Read more…
‘Appalling treatment’
HGV drivers employed by the Co-op at its West Thurrock distribution depot have begun balloting for industrial action over the ‘appalling treatment’ of their disabled colleagues. The workers,…Read more…
Co-op bank jobs slash
Unite warned that the Co-operative Bank’s industry leading customer service could be hit as the bank announced today (November 17) it was cutting 200 roles across the organisation. Expressing…Read more…
Co-op dispute settled
Co-op drivers have voted by a large margin to accept proposals to settle the dispute over the outsourcing of jobs. Unite recommended that more than 700 of its members accept the offer hammered…Read more…
‘Between a rock and a hard place’
Deliveries of fresh produce – a top business priority for the Co-op – will be severely hit when more than 700 of its drivers stage a two-day strike next week in the dispute over transferring drivers…Read more…
‘Big retrograde step’
A consultative ballot of a 1,000 Co-op drivers for industrial action will be held after the group announced today (January 28) that it was transferring about 50 drivers in the Midlands to…Read more…
Co-operative Bank: Important information for branches and members
Run-off period for the closure of branch deposit accounts and the migration of personal individual accounts ends on 28 January
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Keep it Co-op
The Co-op is not just another grey PLC with the usual disinterested shareholders. And those of us who love it don’t want it becoming just that. The Co-operative Group is owned by its members,…Read more…