DHL Yorkshire pay dispute resolved
The union Unite has announced that workers at three DHL Supply Chain sites in South Yorkshire have overwhelmingly accepted an improved pay offer of 2.6% for the year starting June 2016. In a statement sent to Post&Parcel today (8 May), Unite said that the 15 days of planned strikes would not now go-ahead.
The pay deal will apply to all warehouse operatives across the two sites at Bawtry and also at the Harworth site which is due to close when its employees are transferred to Markham Vale, operated by Great Bear Distribution.
Unite regional officer Harriet Eisner said: “The DHL management made an improved offer of 2.6%, up from 1.25%, which was overwhelmingly accepted by our members. As a result, the planned industrial strike won’t now proceed.”
Eisner added: “There have been assurances from DHL about the TUPE – Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations – move to Great Bear.
“However, we still have concerns about the new employer, Great Bear and the risk that it may be ‘picking and choosing’ who it wishes to make redundant from those transferring.
“Unite is arguing that all those who are ready and willing to relocate to Great Bear at Markham Vale do so on their current terms and conditions. For all those for whom it is too difficult to travel to the new site, they will need to be paid their contractual redundancy by Great Bear.”
