All Industrial action articles
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News
US port strike effects on European producers could last for weeks, warns Filippo Berio
There is a ‘huge backlog of containers to get through the ports and delivered’, suppliers warn
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Category Report
The Welsh farmer uprising: Wales category report 2024
The Welsh government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme triggered widespread uproar from farmers. How can the unrest be quelled?
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News
Bakkavor Spalding workers to strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer
Over 700 workers at the Lincolnshire factory will commence strike action on 27 September
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News
Strike action at Tetley could lead to autumn tea shortage, union warns
Staff were ’being intimidated by management not to go on strike’, GMB claimed
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News
Diageo staff accept 10.3% pay rise offer
The deal will apply to some 3,000 employees working in Scotland
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Comment & Opinion
PM’s business partnership pledge will be tough to pull off
This morning, Starmer became the first prime minister to address the TUC congress since Gordon Brown in 2009
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News
Wrexham Oscar Mayer workers strike following ‘fire and rehire’ threats
More than 550 of the factory’s workers have voted for a four-week strike
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News
Union claims Asda’s £30m for stores is ‘drop in the ocean’
The GMB told The Grocer they had calculated at least £50m in cuts had been carried out by January of this year
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News
Asda denies union claims as Wisbech staff call second strike
The strike, from 3am until 10pm on Friday 2 August, will follow a previous walk out by staff in March
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News
Tesco workers’ case in spotlight as King’s Speech could ban ‘fire and rehire’ tactics
Labour has promised to introduce a new employment bill within 100 days of coming to power
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News
Morrisons warehouse staff vote for strike action in pensions row
Staff at its Gadbrook and Wakefield warehouses, including stock controllers, cooks, canteen staff and administrators, voted overwhelmingly in favour of the walkout
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GXO Logistics workers delivering for Costa Coffee set for two-week strike
Unite claims the company pays its staff lower than the London living wage
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News
Morrisons faces warehouse strike threat
The Unite union claimed workers were being forced to increase their own pension contributions while the supermarket giant reduced its own contributions
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Analysis & Features
Food security: the 10 biggest threats to the UK supply chain
As farmers demand government support, food supply chains are under growing pressure from climate change, policy, crime and economics
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News
Asda faces strike action at third store
Almost 200 GMB members are set to down tools in Lowestoft after 87% voted for industrial action on an 80% turnout
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News
Asda announces new staff benefits as pay deal is accepted
The Care Concierge benefit, managed by Legal & General, will offer workers assistance in later-life care for loved ones
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Analysis & Features
Hot Crossy Bs and #NoFarmersNoFood: this week in grocery on social media
Unpack the memes and puns of the week on social media across fmcg
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Comment & Opinion
Rage in Wales as farmers unleash wrath over Labour’s farming policy
The Welsh government’s proposals for a new, post-Brexit farm subsidy framework has gone down like a cup of sheep dip
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News
Asda Wisbech staff vote for strike action but Brighton rejects walkout
A ballot at Asda’s Brighton Hollingbury store failed to reach the threshold required for industrial action
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News
Asda reveals record pay offer as it defends investment in staff
Asda hourly paid store staff will get an 8.4% increase, with rates rising to £12.04 in July