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Andrew Woolfenden, Tesco’s UK distribution and fulfilment director, wrote to employees in November to insist 4% is a “fair and competitive deal above all inflation indices as of the pay anniversary date in July”. That’s why Morrisons warehouse workers rejected a pay rise offer of 2%-3% last month and only narrowly avoided strike action after a fresh round of negotiations produced a pay rise of 5% backdated to early August.Īt Tesco, workers are similarly asking for 5%, though the supermarket is so far proving unwilling to go above 4%.

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While some such as Tesco and M&S offered sign-on bonuses for HGV drivers of £1,000 and £2,000 respectively, and Waitrose has reportedly offered annual salaries of more than £50k on the warehouse side, unions highlight these only went to new workers and not existing employees. Some colleagues have been working here for 20 years”

“You need to understand there’s often a reluctance to leave. Supermarkets have been unable to keep up. Wages for HGV drivers have soared by up to 40% in some cases, while pay rates in warehouses are up 20%-30%, according to Clare Bottle, CEO of the UK Warehouse Association. This has now eased after 30,000 drivers returned to the workforce since the summer, but warehouse staff appear to be taking their place as the primary cause of headaches. Too many people do not want to work in it and those that do are demanding more money.įor many months, HGV drivers were the focus of the labour shortages after 70,000 drivers left the industry during the pandemic. Haulage and logistics – like much of the food industry, in fact – has an employment problem. While resolutions have in most cases been found, it is a burst of activity rocking an industry already struggling for workers. In November, more than 1,100 Morrisons warehouse workers rejected a pay offer of 3% in favour of industrial action in August, Sainsbury’s faced threats of disruption from workers at its logistics providers DHL and in July drivers at GXO Logistics (formerly XPO Logistics) warned of a “beer drought” due to strike actions. HGV drivers at Carntyne Transport – whose customers include drinks giant Diageo – are also currently voting on strike action, a now regular occurrence among haulage and logistics workers up and down the country. If the strikes take place, it will mean substantial disruption during one of Tesco’s busiest weeks of the year. Workers at 13 of Tesco’s 22 distribution centres voted this week to strike in rolling periods from 16 December in a dispute over pay.Īround 1,200 Tesco employees represented by Unite and over 5,000 by Usdaw rejected the supermarket’s 4% pay rise as they pressed for a figure closer to the latest retail price inflation of 6%. With less than a fortnight to go, the countdown to Christmas is well and truly on.īut for Britain’s biggest supermarket, a dark shadow looms over the festivities. Workers busied themselves preparing it for stores. Lorries packed with turkeys, parsnips and other festive foods unloaded their wares. Tesco’s distribution centres were humming this week.