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Unite mobilised a significant protest outside a full Crawley council meeting last week to demand councillors do more to enforce licensing laws against Uber, which is destroying the livelihoods of private hire taxis in the area. Crawley taxi drivers, Unite members, were out in full force on Friday (May 24) to call on the council […]
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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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Unite confirmed today (August 17) that around 200 members have withdrawn their labour over health and safety concerns at ExxonMobil’s petrochemical plant in Mossmorran. Unite can reveal that workers downed tools on Tuesday (August 15) over health and safety warning signals and procedures not being in full working operation across the plant and the workforce […]
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Gatwick airport taxis will not be available during protests held by drivers employed by Airport Cars during protests over an attack on their rep, Unite said today (October 25). The worker has been sacked for undertaking his duties as a Unite union workplace representative. The protests will take place from between 0700 hrs and 1000 […]
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Bus drivers employed by ABM at Gatwick Airport have achieved an inflation beating 21.5 per cent pay increase. The drivers’ pay has increased from £12.34 an hour to £14.25 with the deal backdated to 1 April this year. Pay will further increase to £15 an hour from 1 January 2023. In addition overtime rates will […]
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Around 300 taxi drivers working at Gatwick Cars Ltd are being threatened with `fire and rehire’ and forced onto a vastly inferior zero hours contract, which will dramatically cut their pay. Gatwick…Read more…
Over 300 workers at Gatwick airport will benefit from a 21 per cent pay increase thanks to Unite, the UK’s leading aviation union. The workers are employed by Wilson James on the mobility contract at…Read more…
The 500-strong ground handling workers employed by logistics giant DHL, on the easyJet contract at Gatwick Airport, have secured a 10 per cent pay increase and the introduction of sick pay. The…Read more…
Members of Unite, employed by DHL on easyJet’s ground handling contract at Gatwick Airport, are moving towards industrial action this spring in a dispute over low pay. The 500 plus strong workforce…Read more…
More than 1,000 redundancies of Norwegian Air staff based at Gatwick are ‘another devastating blow’ for the airport’s workers, the local community and the aviation industry, Unite, said today…Read more…
Local taxi drivers will launch a campaign to call for action against the proliferation of London-based Uber vehicles in and around Gatwick and Crawley – which are causing hardship for local drivers…Read more…
A latest analysis of job losses at Gatwick Airport, by Unite demonstrates the devastation being wrought across the entire sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic and highlights the failure of the…Read more…
The announcement today (Wednesday August 26) that Gatwick Airport is to make 600 workers redundant is another bitter blow to the south east and highlights the government’s chronic failure to support…Read more…
Members of Unite employed as porters by outsourcing giant ISS UK Ltd at Gatwick airport, are considering industrial action after being told that they would only receive a pay rise if they agree to…Read more…
Members of Unite employed at Gatwick Airport are moving towards industrial action, following the overwhelming rejection of Gatwick Airport Limited’s (GAL) pay offer. Following pay negotiations…Read more…
Strikes by security workers at Gatwick airport have been suspended after an improved pay offer was made. The 130 members of Unite, who are employed by ICTS (UK) to scan passengers’…Read more…
Unite has struck back after Gatwick airport security workers were illegally told they could be fired for taking part in lawful industrial action. The threats have diminished the chances of a…Read more…
Two separate groups of workers at Gatwick airport are to begin balloting for industrial action over poverty pay rates. If the workers vote for strike action then passengers at Gatwick are set to face…Read more…
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…
HGV drivers employed by Alpha Flight, the sole supplier of inflight food for British Airways at Gatwick airport, have rejected a revised pay offer, increasing the prospect of strike action and…Read more…