Usdaw ballots Tesco delivery staff on strike over pay

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Workers at nine Tesco distribution centres are being balloted on industrial action over a pay dispute.

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The Usdaw trade union is carrying out the ballots in distribution centres in Daventry, Goole, Hinckley, Lichfield, Livingston, Magor (both trunk and main site), Peterborough and Southampton.

The ballots will take place from now until 6 December and if members vote in favour, then a strike could take place just before Christmas, on 22 December.

Joanne McGuinness, Usdaw national officer, said: “Our members in nine distribution centres have rejected Tesco’s latest pay offers, so we are balloting them on industrial action.

“Retail distribution workers are key workers who delivered essential services throughout the pandemic, which in turn delivered a 16.5% increase in profit to Tesco for the first half of the year.

“These workers deserve a decent pay rise as their reward for what they have done and continue to do day in day out.

“Couple that with the rising cost of living and inflation currently running at 6% and the company needs to do better.

“The potential of industrial action and possible stock shortages in stores in the week before Christmas can be avoided if the company comes back to the table with a better offer that is acceptable to our members.”