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The threat of strike action at Gatwick Airport this weekend has ended after workers accepted dramatically improved pay offers. Unite had called strike action this weekend on behalf of members employed by ground handlers Red Handling and Wilson James who undertake the passenger mobility contract at the airport. However, following improved pay offers both strikes […]
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Nearly 3,000 workers at 16 councils across England and Wales have voted for strike action over pay, Unite said on Friday (July 28). Further ballots are also to set to close in the coming weeks, with even more council workers voting for strike action over a pay offer of just £1,925 – equating to an […]
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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…
A full-scale strike ballot by workers employed by a Norwich City Council-owned company is on the cards after they overwhelmingly rejected a 4.2 per cent pay offer in a consultative ballot, Unite said…Read more…
Councils across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are braced for summer shutdowns as local authority worker strikes spread, Unite has warned. Workers in Hackney, Rugby and across Northern…Read more…
More than 200 Hackney council workers will strike over an “insulting” 1.75 per cent pay offer, Unite said today (April 6). Staff working in refuse, building services and passenger services for those…Read more…