News just in – strike action being taken by Unite Oxfam members has been suspended after talks resulted in an improved pay offer being made.
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Oxfam staff strike
Set up in 1941, the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief as it was originally known is now a global anti-poverty movement. Over 81 years later it has shops and offices throughout the UK, with a dedicated staff committed to relieving poverty. Unfortunately many of these workers are also low paid themselves.
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Unite secures major pay win
After a long dispute involving lengthy industrial action it was cheers all round for Unite Go North East bus members when the union secured a significant pay award on December 1.
Unite secured an 11.2 per cent pay increase for drivers, engineers and administrators at Go North East. Members were balloted on the deal and accepted the offer.
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‘It shouldn’t be like this’
Unite members in Deeside, North Wales, employed by DE&S DECA, formerly known as the Defence Electronics and Components Agency, are currently out on strike in a dispute over pay.
Following over a decade of extremely low pay increases, workers voted overwhelmingly to support strike action and began a series of 24 hour strikes in October 2023.
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To cut a long story short – we won!
Hundreds of Unite members at homelessness charity St Mungo’s have just ended their long-running strike after accepting an inflation beating pay increase.
After three months of strike action and tireless campaigning, the workers have agreed to a pay increase which works out at 10.74 per cent based on a median wage or £3,125 in cash terms.
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Today’s top stories…Heathrow baggage bedlam threat
Unite announced today, August 11, that members at Vanderlande Industries are to be balloted to strike in a row over pay – which if it goes ahead all terminals and airline baggage handling would grind to a standstill.
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Today’s top stories…Airport strikes as pay disputes unsettled
August could well be the month for air travel chaos if two major Unite airport workers’ issues are not resolved soon, it was announced today, August 9.
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Today’s top stories…Construction workers’ bonus pay win
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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Today’s top stories…BA major pay win
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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Today’s top stories… Loo hell at Luton Airport
Two 24-hour strikes are planned at Luton Airport on August 11 and August 30 by over 30 Unite members working for Sasse Ltd on an outsourced contract
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