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…
‘Solidarity has paid off’
When Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey told British workers last month that they shouldn’t ask for a pay rise, he perhaps didn’t get the memo that Unite members are standing firm to protect…Read more…
‘It’s about time somebody took a stand’
This week refuse collection drivers employed by Coventry council have embarked on a new round of all-out strike action after council leaders went back on their pledge to make a fresh offer in the…Read more…
Loneliness and mental strain has to stop
Senior figures from across the road haulage, warehousing and logistics sector will join a roundtable event tomorrow (Thursday 13 May) with Unite, to discuss how to tackle the growing mental health…Read more…
Video of the year – ‘Don’t get bullied into working longer’
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we’re highlighting our videos of the year. Today, we hear from Unite national officer Adrian Jones, who explains changes to driver regulations,…Read more…
‘Pay injustice row’
Deliveries to about 100 Sainsbury’s stores in London and the south east will be severely hit over the Christmas period as 12 drivers working for an outsourced firm stage six days of strikes over a…Read more…
Home Bargains workers win ‘top’ pay deal
Hundreds of drivers working for the Liverpool based Home Bargains are in line for an 11.4 per cent pay increase thanks to Unite. The drivers and shunters reached the deal after months of…Read more…
‘Potentially lethal consequences’
A no deal Brexit could result in lorry driving time limits being relaxed, leading to exhausted drivers posing a danger to other road users. Unite is calling on the government to explicitly…Read more…
BA food drivers strikes at Gatwick averted
Strikes scheduled for this week at Gatwick airport have been called off after Unite , secured an 18 per cent pay package on behalf of drivers employed by Alpha Flight, the sole supplier of inflight…Read more…
Fair pay call
Passengers taking British Airways flights from Gatwick airport face not being supplied with food or drink on flights this spring if HGV drivers take industrial action, in a dispute over pay. …Read more…
‘No excuse’
Unite has ‘named and shamed’ online retailer Buy It Direct for flouting the law by denying delivery drivers access to decent toilet facilities. Unite members undertaking deliveries at a Buy It…Read more…
Urgent clarity call
Unite is seeking urgent clarity after reports emerged on Sunday (January 27) that super market giant Tesco – the largest private sector employer in the UK – was considering plans to axe 15,000 jobs….Read more…
Lorry inspections slashed
A series of freedom of information requests by Unite has revealed huge cuts in independent roadside inspections of lorries, potentially putting all road users in danger. Unite has discovered…Read more…
‘Hidden’ deaths
Unite has called for urgent reforms into how the deaths of workers and members of the public killed and injured in road accidents involving lorries are recorded, after research found a 50 per cent…Read more…
‘Working for free’ row
Unite members, employed by the UK’s leading waste management provider, Veolia Environmental Services UK Ltd, at the Ditton Road site in Widnes, Cheshire are set to ballot for strike action following…Read more…
‘Wee problem’
Global logistics giant UPS could face industrial action in the new year in the escalating row over denying their drivers night-time toilet facilities at its own depots. Unite the union said…Read more…
Work/life balance attack
Strike action is on the cards over increased Saturday working for 18 transport drivers at AB Agriculture in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Unite the union said that its members at the animal feed…Read more…
Fair transport call
Unite delegate Kevin Terry said that Unite has long been fighting for fair transport on all fronts – from docks and seas to buses, taxis, rail, roads, aviation and more – as he spoke on Tuesday…Read more…
Drivers hail pay victory
Drivers working for Castle Cement have voted to accept an improved two-year pay deal, Unite said today (February 22). Unite said that its members at eight depots across the UK had voted…Read more…