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25/11/2015
700 Tesco Drivers To Vote On Strike Action
Over 700 Tesco drivers at distribution hubs in Belfast and Doncaster are to ballot for strike action next week over a pay dispute.
The firm announced a pay offer of 0 per cent for 2015 and 1.5 per cent for 2016.
The strike vote follows a 91 per cent rejection of the pay offer across the three sites.
Unite the union confirmed the industrial action ballots will close on Friday, 11 December. A vote in favour could see deliveries to Tesco stores in Yorkshire and Northern Ireland disrupted in the run up to Christmas with knock on effects across the UK.
Unite national officer Adrian Jones said: "Our members have been working very hard to get Tesco to the position where the company can announce such promising results and be confident that it has turned the corner of the challenges of recent years.
"We don't want favours from the company but we believe that the current offer is far below what it can afford and what our members deserve."
"We urge Tesco to revise its pitiful pay offer and avoid potential industrial action in the run up to Christmas."
(CD/LM)
The firm announced a pay offer of 0 per cent for 2015 and 1.5 per cent for 2016.
The strike vote follows a 91 per cent rejection of the pay offer across the three sites.
Unite the union confirmed the industrial action ballots will close on Friday, 11 December. A vote in favour could see deliveries to Tesco stores in Yorkshire and Northern Ireland disrupted in the run up to Christmas with knock on effects across the UK.
Unite national officer Adrian Jones said: "Our members have been working very hard to get Tesco to the position where the company can announce such promising results and be confident that it has turned the corner of the challenges of recent years.
"We don't want favours from the company but we believe that the current offer is far below what it can afford and what our members deserve."
"We urge Tesco to revise its pitiful pay offer and avoid potential industrial action in the run up to Christmas."
(CD/LM)
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