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Construction workers employed at the Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire secured a major increase in bonus payments following industrial action, Unite announced today (August 7).
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It was great news for around 24,000 British Airways workers today (August 4) as Unite has secured a pay rise worth 13.1 per cent over 18-months, as well as a £1,000 one off payment.
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Strikes scheduled for this weekend at Gatwick by ASC workers have been called off, Unite said this week. ASC workers voted in favour of a double digit pay rise, while workers at Menzies voted in favour of a 13 per cent increase for ground handling staff and a 17 per cent increase for the lowest […]
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Supplies of the UK’s favourite soft drinks are safe this summer after Coca Cola finally agreed to share a greater proportion of its mammoth profits with workers at Europe’s biggest soft drinks plant. Crippling strikes were due to begin on Wednesday (June 13) but a breakthrough in negotiations means there’ll be no walk-outs this summer. […]
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Unite has secured a pay rise worth 11.5 per cent for around 700 Princes Group food workers. The workers at four sites, located in Glasgow, Bradford, Cardiff and Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, will receive a 7 per cent pay rise backdated to April 2022 plus a £750 one off payment. The deal was negotiated without the […]
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Unite has secured a two-year pay deal worth up to 17.5 per cent for more than 1,000 Cadbury workers. The union has also delivered a separate 25 per cent boost in holiday pay. Unite’s members at…Read more…
Strike action at Nottingham’s Riverside Bakery has been cancelled after Unite negotiated a pay deal worth nearly seven per cent for around 170 workers. The workers were due to commence continuous…Read more…
Bus drivers and mechanics at the First Wessex depot in Weymouth, Dorset have won a significant pay victory which will see an extra 8.2 per cent in pay packets by November 2022. Unite the union said…Read more…
Unite has secured a pay increase and a major improvement to their conditions for workers employed by Liverpool Mooring Services (part of the Briggs Marine group). The workers will receive a three per…Read more…
Strikes at B&Q’s national distribution centre in Worksop have come to an end after Wincanton workers accepted a pay deal worth 10.75 per cent. The deal, negotiated by Unite, means the 450…Read more…
Unite has secured a multi-year pay deal for 3,500 workers based at BMW’s Mini production plant in Cowley, Oxford. The three year pay deal is worth at least 26.1 per cent to the workers when all its…Read more…
Strike action due to begin tomorrow (February 11) at Heathrow Airport, involving 400 workers employed by Menzies Aviation, has been called after the workers received a substantial pay offer. The…Read more…
Strike action that has affected the entire First Manchester bus service has ended after drivers accepted a vastly improved pay offer. The 300 plus drivers, who are members of Unite, have accepted an…Read more…
A significant pay victory for contract workers employed at Ford Dagenham has been notched up by Unite the union. More than 300 workers assembling engines, employed by Lineside Logistics at the Ford…Read more…
Dock workers employed at the port of Liverpool have accepted a significantly improved pay offer.
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Fears that supplies to Sainsbury’s stores across South West England could be severely disrupted prior to Christmas have ended after lorry drivers, employed by DHL, accepted an inflation beating 14…Read more…
Strike action at rail engineering company Faiveley Transport Birkenhead Ltd has been avoided after workers agreed a greatly improved pay offer. The workforce, who are members of Unite, overwhelmingly…Read more…
As Unite’s sixth policy conference opens today (October 18) in Liverpool, UNITElive can report a number of inflation-busting pay victories for Unite members – which shows the union is heading in a…Read more…
Pay strikes at Wigan plastic manufacturer Alpla UK have been postponed to allow workers to vote on an improved offer tabled by the company, Unite, the UK’s leading union, said today (October 15)….Read more…
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…