Strike action by tanker drivers has been narrowly avoided after they accepted proposals which improved their employment terms.
Unite, which represents workers from seven oil distribution firms, said that the change was approved by 51 per cent of its members in a turnout of 69...
UK border staff are to join strike action over public sector pension changes on 10 May.
Nearly three-quarters of the Immigration Services Union (ISU) members voted against the Government’s proposals with a turnout of 35 per cent.
Lucy Moreton, Deputy General...
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is to ballot BBC staff over industrial action which could impact on press coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Members will vote on the strike, likely to take place in early June, following a dispute over a “derisory pay award...
A public sector strike is scheduled to take place on 10 May, following failed discussions over changesto pensions.
The NHS is likely to feel the biggest impact, with up to 100,000 Unite members participating in the industrial action. These consist of health visitors, pharmacists and...
Tanker drivers have rejected a deal over concerns about maintaining standards, security of employment and sub-contracting.
Unite, which represents drivers hired by national fuel distribution companies, is seeking further talks with employers, with the assistance of Acas to...
Edmund Tirbutt provides some valuable insights into dealing with private sector unions and warns that the pressure they exert on pay and benefits could significantly increase.
Recent media publicity about trade unions has been so heavily skewed towards the public sector that a casual observer could be forgiven for assuming that the private sector had become virtually union-free. Nevertheless, those working for privatised utilities or in sectors such as manufacturing,...
Unilever workers are to strike over changes to the final salary pension scheme which will see it moved to a career-average arrangement.
Unions including Unite, GMB and Usdaw, claim that members will be 20–40 per cent worse off under the new rules. A programme of walkouts...
Unilever workers have taken strike action against plans to change the final salary pension scheme to one based on career average earnings.
More than 2,500 employees have reacted angrily to the move to introduce a career average revalued earning scheme from next July. Unite is...
Concessions to public sector pension reforms have done little to prevent the industrial action which seems likely to go ahead on 30 November.
At the time of going to press several unions, representing workers from senior civil servants to cleaners, had declared that they would be...
Teachers have joined the growing number of public sector workers who have voted to strike on
30 November.
The NASUWT, which is one of the largest teaching unions in the country, has announced that 82 per cent of those balloted were in favour of industrial action.
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Public sector workers are still set to strike, despite the Government’s concessions to the planned changes
to pensions.
The Coalition has put together a revised offer which will mean that employees will still have to work longer and pay more. However, the benefits will...
Public sector employers may be encouraged to make a legal challenge against strikes over pensions, as walkouts may be unlawful.
Lawyers have reportedly advised the Government that the industrial action could be illegitimate as it is politically motivated and not a trade...
GMB has opened ballots for strike action over pension cuts in the public sector.
The union has decided to poll members despite ongoing negotiations. It claims that it has had to take action as the Government is proceeding with its plans, which the union believes will see...
University staff are to be balloted over strike action after pay talks broke down.
Unite, one of five unions involved in the dispute, has rejected the “derisory” offer of a lump-sum payment of £150 for all staff members.
In the past two years, pay rises of...
Plans for prolonged industrial action over the winter months have been drawn up by unions.
Details of the intentions emerged following Ed Miliband’s revelation at the Trades Union Congress’s annual conference that he thought that the walk-outs in June were wrong.
He said:...
