Unite East Midlands NN04 Booker Retail Partners Branch

I have made a survey for drivers to complete; one for the warehouse staff will follow.

Can drivers please follow the link and complete the survey, you will need your employee number from your payslip to verify that you are entitled to complete the survey, but it is not linked to your answers.

You can find the survey here:

Can you spare a few moments to take my survey? Please take the survey titled "Pay Rise 2021". Your feedback is important!

British warehouse worker shortage triggers up to 30% pay spike Warehouses in Britain are having to pay up to 30% more to recruit staff after a chronic shortage of workers exacerbated pressure on already buckling supply chains and threatened to derail the run up to Black Friday and Christmas.

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Delivery disruption to 1,500 convenience stores in London and the south east has moved a step closer after 40 drivers at Booker Retail Partners voted unanimously for strike action.

https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2021/september/delivery-disruption-to-1-500-convenience-stores-in-london-and-south-east-on-cards-as-thamesmead-drivers-vote-to-strike/

Postal Ballot Result Announced -

Drivers at Thamesmead Vote To Strike:

Delivery disruption to 1,500 convenience stores in London and south east on cards as Thamesmead drivers vote to strike The threat of severe disruption to deliveries to more than 1,500 convenience stores in London and the south east has moved a step closer after 40 drivers, employed by Booker Retail Partners at its Thamesmead site, voted unanimously for strike action.

I have prepared and submitted two separate pay claims, one for the Warehouse, another for the Transport Department, both of which are available to download. The claims are attainable, but we must stick together and believe in ourselves.

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The Warehouse one is located here:https://www.nn04.org/files/PayRiseDemandWarehouse2021.pdf

The Transport one is here:https://www.nn04.org/files/PayRiseDemandTransport2021.pdf

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Tensions rise in UK haulage as surcharges see drivers playing 'musical chairs' - The Loadstar Consternation among forwarders and retailers is increasing as more and more hauliers apply “driver retention surcharges” amid the UK’s worsening haulage crisis. Many smaller firms had managed to avoid adding surcharges, noting that they already paid drivers much more than the “derisory” wa...

More national news stories about the dispute at Thamesmead, why does the company think the Hemel depot is a special case?

1,500 stores face empty shelves as drivers threaten to strike on Tesco pay rise As many as 1,500 Budgens and Londis convenience stores across London and the south east could face delivery shortages over a pay rise offered by the country’s biggest supermarket