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Strikes planned by security officers at the Bank of England this week have been called off after workers won an improved pay offer and union recognition. The 40 Unite members involved in the dispute work for Amulet Security (Churchill Security Solutions) Limited, which took over the contract at the Bank from Mitie Security in February […]
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Workers at five sites across the UK will see a significant pay increase after taking strike action in pursuit of a fair deal. Thousands of workers at defence and aerospace company Leonardo have secured the pay rise in a deal which ends all industrial action at plants, including Yeovil in Somerset which is the UK’s […]
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Workers at Europe’s biggest soft drinks plant were facing a pay cut in real terms at the highly profitable Coca Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) based in Wakefield. So profitable, that the company registered record profits of £1.85bn in the last year, up some healthy 37 per cent. However, CCEP clearly had no intention of sharing the rewards with its employees.
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Members of Unite employed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) have secured significant improvements to their jobs, pay and conditions after a series of strikes. The employer had imposed a 2.5 per cent pay increase last year but the offer has been doubled to 5 per cent alongside bonuses of between […]
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Strike action affecting Welwyn and Hatfield council’s refuse collection service has been resolved following several days of strike action. The 90 plus members of Unite and employed by waste company Urbaser on Welwyn and Hatfield council’s outsourced refuse collection service, began strike action on Monday (June 19) in a dispute over pay. However, following talks […]
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