When people think of frostbite they picture arctic explorers – but for many workers in the frozen food industry this is a very real hazard that can cause permanent damage.
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Dagenham Ford plant facing standstill
Workers employed by Lineside Logistics based at Ford’s engine plant in Dagenham are being balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay. The ballot for industrial action began this week and closes on Tuesday 2 May. If the 120 plus workers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, vote for industrial action […]
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‘Robin Hood’ protests to hit Aldi stores
Protesters dressed as Robin Hood will be appearing at a number of Aldi stores across the country this week to highlight how the supermarket’s contractor Arrow XL is effectively taking from its poorly paid workers to pay rich directors. The protests will take place on January 12 at Aldi stores including in Warrington, Worcester, North […]
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Arrow XL workers to protest
Workers employed by Arrow XL will demonstrate outside the company’s head office in Liverpool this week, as they ramp up their industrial action campaign in response to the company’s poverty pay rates. The demonstration will take place on Tuesday, November 22 from 10.30 am at Logistics Group Holdings Ltd, Atlantic Pavilion, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 […]
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Unite leader to join Muller Stonehouse picket
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham will be joining striking Muller workers at the firm’s Stonehouse site from 10.30 am this Saturday, November 12. Nearly 70 HGV drivers and shunters employed by the German dairy giant and who are responsible for delivering milk products to supermarkets nationwide have been on strike since August. The dispute is over imposed […]
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Profiteering risks empty Morrisons supermarket shelves
It looks like shoppers in the north of England face empty Morrisons supermarket shelves over the holiday season – as the offer of a real terms pay cut has prompted hundreds of drivers employed by Wincanton PLC on the Morrisons contract, to begin voting on strike action. The supermarket chain across the north now faces […]
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‘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…
Morrisons warehouse staff in strike ballot
Over a 1,100 workers employed at two Morrisons supermarket distribution centres have begun balloting for strike action in a dispute over pay. The affected distribution centres are Northwich, in…Read more…
B&Q shortages warning
DIYers across the country are braced for B&Q store shortages during warehouse strikes caused by union-busting and a below inflation pay offer at logistics firm Wincanton. More than 400 Wincanton…Read more…
‘Massive milestone’
An inflation-busting pay increase has been negotiated for 350 drivers and warehouse staff working for drinks logistics giant GXO, which Unite the union said was ‘a massive milestone in very difficult…Read more…
DHL workers at JLR plants prepare for strike ballot
DHL workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plants in the West Midlands and Merseyside are preparing to be balloted for strike action over wage arrears and an ‘insulting’pay offer, Unite said today…Read more…
Historic deal signed today
Unite has today (July 21) secured a recognition agreement for workers employed by logistics giant XPO on the Nestle contract, based at the East Midlands Gateway.
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Gloucester UPS depot workers to strike
The city of Gloucester is braced for a summer of delays and disruption to parcel deliveries after workers at the local depot of UPS announced strike action in a long running dispute over bullying,…Read more…
‘Really significant victory’
Following revelations from unions including Unite, that logistics giant XPO boosted executive pay around the same time that UK government furlough payments were made to the firm, shareholders…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…
‘Creeping culture’ of ‘fire and rehire’
A line in the sand needs to be drawn over ‘the creeping culture’ of ‘fire and rehire’ across the retail, distribution and logistics industries, Unite warned today (February 18). Unite said its shop…Read more…
‘An attack on one is an attack on all’
More than 350 DHL staff at Sainsbury’s Dartford regional distribution centre are being balloted for industrial action after a Unite representative’s ‘completely unjustified’ suspension for…Read more…
Chaos looms as drivers slam govt over ports paperwork Brexit shambles
Angry lorry drivers have accused government minister Michael Gove, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster of ‘blame shifting’ as he tells them to prepare paperwork for ports post-Brexit – an impossible…Read more…
‘Beyond a joke’
Unite has today (September 16) called for the public release of a government document leaked to the Guardian which details potential queues of up to 7,000 lorries across Kent after the Brexit…Read more…
‘Shame’ on logistics giant DHL Tradeteam
The decisions to close the Tradeteam Ltd depot in Sheffield and downgrade the site at Ebbw Vale, south Wales with the loss of more than 250 jobs has been branded as ‘shameful’ by Unite today (August…Read more…