WINNING FOR YOU

Winning more for members

As we’ve said it’s been a great year for wins that put members first. Here is a selection of some of our top wins

Pay result

In February, 450 workers at Wincanton (B&Q) in Worksop in the East Midlands, won a 10.75 per cent pay increase after 10 weeks of strike action

Reinstatement win

In January, Tracey Scholes, the first woman bus driver at the Manchester depot, won reinstatement after employer Go Ahead Group agreed to Unite's demand for her hours and her pay to be protected

Airbus result

In April a strike ballot by over 3,000 workers at Airbus in Wales and South West England delivered a pay rise of 8.6 per cent (plus 5.1 per cent backdated)

Long strike pays off

In April, members at pallet supplier Chep won 14 per cent after 21 weeks of strike action, one of the longest strikes in Unite’s history

Cost of living win for HSBC – and others

In August, Unite’s HSBC members were the latest workers in the finance sector to win a cost of living pay increase of £1,500 for the lowest paid staff. Following campaigns by Unite finance other financial organisations have now given their lowest-paid staff a cost of living payment – including Barclays, Natwest, Lloyds Banking Group, Co-operative Bank, Virgin Money, TSB and Standard Life ROI

Fire and rehire

In February, a major fire and rehire plan was defeated at GB Terminals Sheerness after members went on strike

Great result for shop floor

In June, striking workers at flooring manufacturer Interface Europe, in Northern Ireland, won 15.25 per cent

British Airways staff result

And news just in – Unite has secured thousands of British Airways staff a 13 per cent pay rise on average. The increased 2022 pay offer arose after Unite backed industrial action for check-in staff and a deal for them was agreed after tough talks. The deal goes some way to restoring pay to pre-pandemic levels

Bumper wins at Glasgow airport

Since March, over 800 Unite members working at Glasgow Airport have won a series of bumper pay deals, including most recently tanker drivers employed by North Air winning in June a 9 per cent increase in basic pay (plus 9 per cent increase in shift allowances)

Other pay deals here include ABM (9 per cent), ICTS Central Search and hold baggage screeners (15 and 28.5 per cent increases), OCS Group (10.2 per cent), Loganair (11.2 per cent), and among others, Menzies Aviation (9.1 per cent), among others

Substantial rise for bus drivers

In July, striking workers employed by Stagecoach Merseyside won a substantial pay rise, which will see bus drivers’ pay increase to £14.00 an hour backdated to March and to £14.20 from January next year. Engineers will see their pay increase by 10.3 per cent, backdated to March and a further 1.45 per cent from January 2023

Unite persistence pays off in Coventry

In August, HGV bin drivers employed by Coventry council won a pay rise of up to nearly 13 per cent after taking all-out strike action for over six months in Unite’s longest-running strike

Max rise for Mini workers

In May, warehouse workers at BMW’s Mini plant, employed by Rudolph and Helman, took strike action to win 21 per cent pay rise and £4,000

Great results for Unite in the ROI

Whether securing pay deals in the finance sector, bringing bad employers to book in construction or driving a change in the law for low-paid hospitality workers, the past year has been all about jobs, pay and conditions. Unite has won better pay rises for tens of thousands of members across the board over the last 12 months. Now employers have been put on notice that we’ll be looking to re-negotiate those deals as the cost of living crisis bites deeper.