Shelter staff in unprecedented two-week strike

Over 600 workers at the housing and homeless charity Shelter begin an unprecedented fortnight of strike action today (December 5) in a bitter dispute over pay. Shelter’s management has imposed a three per cent pay increase, in 2022 which has left many of its own staff being unable to pay their rent leaving them haunted […]

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Harrods’ strike breaking agency named and shamed

The agency brought in to break a pay strike by Harrods’ security guards and CCTV operators has been named and shamed as Protective Security Group Ltd. Under the new anti-trade union law passed this summer by the government, Harrods has been allowed to replace striking workers with agency staff. The company threatened the workforce with […]

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UK facing Christmas pickle crisis

Lovers of some of UK’s most popular pickles face being denied their favourite condiments this Christmas as strike action at the Mizkan Euro factory in Rochdale intensifies in a dispute over pay. The factory produces Haywards Pickled Onions, Sarsons Vinegar and Haywards Pickled Vegetables. The 50 plus workers, who are members of Unite, the UK […]

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Workers expose Quorn’s tattered ethical credentials

London’s Plant Based World Expo were warned that Quorn is not the ethical business it claims to be by protestors today (November 30). The protest was in support of Quorn’s Billingham factory workers who have been on strike over pay since September. The expo is being sponsored by Quorn and a representative from the company […]

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Harrods can ‘absolutely afford’ pay rise for security staff

More than 50 Harrods uniformed security guards and CCTV operators will strike during November and December over a ‘pay cut dressed up as rise’, Unite said today (November 18). The workers will strike over a seven per cent pay offer on 25, 26 and 27 November and 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24 […]

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World Cup travellers facing Heathrow flight woe

Unite members employed by Dnata and Menzies at Heathrow will take three days of strike action beginning on Friday November 18, in a dispute over pay. The strike action will begin in the early hours of Friday and it will be completed in the early hours of Monday November 21. It will lead to disruption, cancellations and delays at […]

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Coffin strikes on as Acas talks breakdown

Unite confirmed on November 4 that further strike action will take place at Coop Funeralcare in Govan, from Monday November 14 concluding at 07.54 on Monday November 21 – after talks at Acas to resolve the current Co-op coffin factory dispute failed. The meeting broke up without agreement and with no further talks planned continued […]

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Southampton Airport faces shutdown

Workers at Southampton Airport who haven’t had a pay increase since 2019 will take a series of one day strikes beginning on 5 November after months of unacceptable delays by airport bosses. Airside operations controllers, firefighters, technicians and engineering workers will take 1 day of strike action on Saturday 5 November, Saturday 12 November and […]

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TfL prolonging Woolwich Ferry dispute

Unite has written to London Assembly members to raise concerns about the use of poorly trained agency workers being used to run a limited service during the Woolwich Ferry strike. The union has called on GLA members to give an assurance that the agency staffing arrangements along with the condition of the boats give no […]

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‘If we want to win, we must be prepared to strike’

Unite delegate Ruth Hayes told TUC conference that industrial action was the key to tackling the cost of living crisis on Tuesday (October 18). Speaking in support of a composite on the current crisis, Ruth explained how it is “profits – not our wages – which are fuelling the cost of living crisis”. She highlighted […]

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Arrow home deliveries facing strikes

Members of Unite, employed by Arrow XL, will begin strike action later this month in a dispute over pay. Unite represents 350 workers who undertake two-person deliveries for major retailers including Amazon, Very Group, LG Electronics, Richer Sounds and Buy it Direct. While the highest paid director in Arrow XL received £539,000 in 2021, an […]

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Pickle and vinegar shortages threat

Branston and Sarsons among big-name brands that could be missing from supermarket shelves. The UK is facing a shortage of pickles and vinegar as workers at Mizkan Euro in Middleton, Rochdale, announce strike action following a derisory pay offer. The 50-plus workers who are members of Unite produce well-known brands including Branston Pickle, Sarsons Vinegar […]

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Heathrow braced for World Cup flight delays

Heathrow Airport is facing severe disruption and delays beginning next month, November, as workers employed by Dnata and Menzies are balloted over pay. Over 700 workers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, are involved in the dispute, which has been prompted by offers on pay that amount to real pay cuts, according […]

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American Airlines engineers vote to strike

More than 50 aircraft maintenance technicians and crew chiefs, responsible for the aircraft that make 23 daily American Airlines’ Heathrow departures, have voted by 98 per cent to strike over pay. Despite a strong recovery post-pandemic, the airline is proposing a three-year wage drop to the workers, who are members of Unite the union. In […]

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Fresh Muller Gloucestershire strikes

HGV drivers and shunters at Mullers’ Stonehouse factory in Gloucestershire will begin a fresh round of strike action this week over imposed rota changes that are detrimental to their quality of life. The change to a five days on two days off rota system contravenes an agreement with Unite signed by the company earlier this […]

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Fresh Felixstowe strike dates announced

Fresh strikes have been announced in the Felixstowe port dispute after workers overwhelmingly rejected management’s attempt to impose a pay deal. Last week the management at the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company unilaterally ended pay talks after refusing to improve its pay offer and instead announced that it was imposing a pay deal of seven […]

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