Workers at Gatwick airport are to be balloted on an improved pay offer following eleventh hour negotiations. Members of Unite employed as security guards, engineers, firefighters and admin…Read more…
Strings attached
Unite has called attention to growing numbers of employers using pay increases as an excuse to attack other benefits, following Sainsbury’s offer to staff of a wage increase that “robs Peter to pay…Read more…
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’
Thousands of workers at supermarket giant Sainsbury’s face ‘a robbing Peter to pay Paul’ pay offer, Unite said today (March 6). Unite said that that the firm’s proposal to increase pay to…Read more…
Union-powered pay deal
Following a Unite organising campaign, 6000 workers at Western Power Distribution have secured an inflation beating pay deal of an extra £1260 a year on average for each worker, followed by another…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…
Ford pay deal win
About 9,000 Ford production workers have been offered an inflation-busting pay deal which guarantees at least a 6.5 per cent rise in a two-year package. Unite, which represents the vast…Read more…
Pay deal win
Cabin crew working for British Airways’ mixed fleet have overwhelmingly voted to accept a pay deal that brings their long running dispute to an end, Unite announced today (October 31). …Read more…
‘Landmark’ deal
Potential strike action among hundreds of construction workers building the new Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been averted after workers overwhelmingly voted for an improved pay deal….Read more…
Big boost
A campaign for trade union representation at an aerospace company near Macclesfield, Cheshire has resulted in a 3 per cent pay deal and an increase in holiday pay for hundreds of workers at the…Read more…
Pay victory
Battling canteen staff at the Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire have achieved an inflation-beating pay rise of three per cent. Unite, which represents the 20 canteen staff employed by…Read more…
London bus strike off
A strike by London’s bus controllers scheduled for Friday (September 22) has been called off after last minute peace talks at Acas today (September 20) resulted in an increased pay offer being made…Read more…
‘Great courage’
Following talks between Unite and Serco last week, workers at Barts Health NHS Trust have voted in favour of a deal on working conditions and pay. The deal puts an end to the long-running…Read more…
Sweet deal
About 1,300 workers at three Cadbury UK sites have achieved a two-year pay deal designed to counter rising inflation, Unite has said. The workers at the Birmingham Bournville site; Chirk,…Read more…
Plumbing pay deal win
Following lengthy negotiations with employer representatives from the plumbing industry, Unite, the UK’s largest construction union, has secured a three-year pay deal for plumbers employed under the…Read more…
Pay row resolved
Workers at three DHL Supply Chain sites in South Yorkshire have overwhelmingly accepted an improved pay offer of 2.6 per cent for the year starting June 2016. Unite said that the 15 days of…Read more…
Pay hike win
A pay deal at Rolls Royce Rotherham ABCF guaranteeing a minimum of 17 per cent over three years has been signed today (Friday May 5) with Unite. Unite said that the package which will benefit…Read more…
Pay deal rejected
Members of Scotland’s biggest offshore trade union have voted to reject a pay offer. In a consultative ballot, 81 per cent of Unite members voted to reject the latest deal put forward by their…Read more…