Unite is due to hold talks with Sainsbury’s bosses on Wednesday (August 8) over a collective grievance by the union’s members in the long-running ‘sign or be sacked’ contracts row affecting 123,000…Read more…
‘Work well for less’?
Sainsbury’s workers face the threat of being sacked if they don’t sign up to new contracts that would see them lose paid breaks, premium Sunday pay and other perks including bonuses. The row…Read more…
Listen to workers call
Unite warned ministers and competition authorities against overlooking the concerns of workers and food producers when weighing up a proposed merger between the supermarket giants Sainsbury’s and…Read more…
‘Unguarded moment’?
Just hours after the merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda was announced, a venture that could very well slash jobs and shut stores, Sainbsury’s chief executive Mike Coupe had only one thing in mind…Read more…
‘Treat us with respect’
Following a surprise merger between supermarket giants Sainsbury’s and Asda agreed today (April 30), Unite is calling for urgent assurances over jobs. Combined, the two retailers employ…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…
Sainsbury’s jobs slash
Retail giant Sainsbury’s today (January 23) announced that it is now consulting with staff over proposed changes to its management structure, which could see substantial job losses. The…Read more…
‘Thin edge of the wedge’
UK catalogue retailer Argos faces three weeks of strikes across its distribution network in a dispute over the failure of the company to negotiate a national agreement covering redundancy and…Read more…
Sainsbury’s jobs at risk
Unite said it would be seeking guarantees over no compulsory redundancies at the supermarket giant Sainsbury’s today (March 3) after the retailer announced plans which put over 4,000 workers at risk…Read more…
Co-op dispute settled
Co-op drivers have voted by a large margin to accept proposals to settle the dispute over the outsourcing of jobs. Unite recommended that more than 700 of its members accept the offer hammered…Read more…
Sainsbury’s staff face axe
Unite has expressed its ‘severe disappointment’ today (April 5) that Sainsbury’s is axing hundreds of staff – just days after it agreed to splash out £1.4bn to buy Argos owner, the Home Retail…Read more…