GXO has become embroiled in another pay dispute with its drivers on the outsourced Co-op delivery contract, three months after agreeing a 15% salary increase for drivers in Avonmouth. Over 330 drivers and transport clerks in St Helens are now in…
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) said it had averted strike action among truckers and cargo handlers at Heathrow Airport after it offered them a pay deal worth 7.5%. The Unite union had warned “freight chaos” was on the cards after it claimed the…
Asda said it had made an improved offer for staff as part of an ongoing dispute over pay, but that it had been rejected by the union without drivers getting a chance to vote on it. The supermarket giant responded after the GMB union said a consu…
XPO said it had remained “an employer of choice” for fuel tanker drivers after striking a deal with the union which raised pay by an average of £12,000. “The vastly improved” deal was agreed after the 57 drivers on the outsourced Tesco petrol st…
DHL Supply Chain has hit back at the GMB union for claiming it attempted to impose a real terms pay cut on its drivers working on a JCB delivery contract and said it had offered an above inflation pay increase. The workers, who deliver JCB parts…
HGV drivers working for a Sussex council will receive a “skills payment” boost as part of measures introduced to avoid further strikes. GMB members at Adur & Worthing Councils voted to end industrial action that began on 14 March after negot…
Yodel said claims that it sacked a disabled worker on “capability grounds” were inaccurate and that it had followed the correct processes. The parcel courier and delivery service was responding to allegations by the GMB union that it had acted i…
DHL drivers in England and Scotland are celebrating after negotiating significant pay deals with their employer. More than 100 HGV drivers working for DHL Tradeteam in Burton-on-Trent voted in favour of an improved pay offer, worth up to £6,000 …
Manchester bin drivers are voting on whether to strike after rejecting an “insulting” pay offer of 1.75% from employer Biffa. The bin strike ballot opened today (29 March), after extensive negotiations with the waste management company failed to…
As P&O Ferries boss Peter Hebblethwaite was given “one last opportunity” by the government today (28 March) to do a U-turn on the sacking of 800 crew, P&O sailings from Dover to Calais remain severely curtailed. There are no P&O ferr…
P&O’s decision to sack 800 workers and suspend services across the Dover Straits without warning has highlighted how vulnerable the UK’s major supply route across the Channel is to being cut off by “boardrooms on the other side of the world”…
Around 100 HGV drivers working for aviation catering firm DO & CO have agreed to a 14% pay increase following a row over pay disparities. The Heathrow-based drivers had voted to commence strike action earlier this month but this was suspende…
Around 100 HGV drivers at Heathrow-based aviation catering firm DO & CO are being balloted for strike action over pay and employment conditions. The dispute stems from the transfer (TUPE) of 1,800 workers from Gate Gourmet and DHL Supply Ser…
Crunch talks between road gritters in Carmarthenshire and the local authority will take place on Monday (17 January) in an attempt to end strike action over pay and conditions. Council gritters first downed tools on 5 January after the GMB union…