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Collective bargaining

Collective bargaining is the process of negotiation between representatives of trade unions and employers in respect of employees’ terms and conditions such as pay, hours of work and working conditions.


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    Tesco announces pay rise above Living  Wage

    by Rob Moss 5 Mar 2024
    by Rob Moss 5 Mar 2024

    Tesco pay rises by 9.1% as it reaches agreement with the Usdaw union to take the supermarket's hourly pay above the 2024 ‘real’ Living Wage. 

    • Collective bargaining
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Amazon faces second union recognition bid

    by Rob Moss 5 Mar 2024
    by Rob Moss 5 Mar 2024

    Amazon could be forced to recognise trade union for first time in UK, after the GMB submitted a second formal bid to the Central Arbitration Committee.

    • Case law
    • Collective bargaining
    • Latest News

    Supreme Court: Deliveroo riders are not ‘workers’

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Nov 2023

    Deliveroo riders are not 'workers' and cannot form a collective bargaining unit, the Supreme Court has concluded in a landmark judgment.

    • Collective bargaining
    • Legal sector
    • Latest News

    Solicitors’ bodies urge lawyers to join Unite

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Nov 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Nov 2023

    The ‘dire state’ of the UK’s criminal justice system has led both criminal solicitors’ associations to urge lawyers to join union Unite.

    • Business performance
    • Collective bargaining
    • Latest News

    Five approaches for HR to drive productivity

    by Dr Hugh Billot 24 Oct 2023
    by Dr Hugh Billot 24 Oct 2023

    How can HR improve productivity in their organisation? Seasoned HR professional Dr Hugh Billot says we need to go back to basics.

    • Minimum service levels
    • Fire and rehire
    • Blacklisting

    Rayner pledges employment bill within Labour’s first 100 days

    by Rob Moss 13 Sep 2023
    by Rob Moss 13 Sep 2023

    Angela Rayner has pledged to bring forward an Employment Rights Bill within 100 days of entering office.

    • Collective bargaining
    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution

    Unite: Labour policy document ‘crosses red lines’

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Jul 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Jul 2023

    Unite sounds dissenting voice over Labour's National Policy Forum

    • Collective bargaining
    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution

    Royal Mail workers accept pay and conditions deal

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jul 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jul 2023

    Royal Mail workers have accepted a deal to end a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions.

    • Minimum service levels
    • Collective bargaining
    • Latest News

    Strikes Bill pushes UK down global rankings for workers’ rights

    by Rob Moss 30 Jun 2023
    by Rob Moss 30 Jun 2023

    The Strikes Bill and agency workers being able to break strikes cited as reasons for UK's downgrade in Global Rights Index.

    • Collective bargaining
    • Dispute resolution
    • Latest News

    Is the current wave of strike action working?

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Jun 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Jun 2023

    A year on from the RMT strike that triggered the current wave of industrial action, we look at whether they are working and resulting in better pay deals.

    • Collective bargaining
    • NHS
    • Zero hours

    RCN urges health secretary to reconsider ‘two-tier’ NHS pay offer

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jun 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jun 2023

    Union urges Steve Barclay to address the 'two-tier system' in the pay award and the NHS bank staff non-consolidated payment issue.

    • Collective bargaining
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    GMB withdraws Amazon union recognition bid

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Jun 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Jun 2023

    The GMB union has withdrawn its bid for Amazon union recognition, claiming Amazon has hired more workers so it cannot meet the threshold.

    • Collective bargaining
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Virgin Media O2 pay deal agreed with union

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 May 2023

    Members of the Communication Workers Union have accepted the Virgin Media O2 pay deal worth up to 10% for some staff.

    • Artificial intelligence
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    Report: AI will have impact on wage bargaining and desired skills

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 May 2023

    A report has recommended an increased focus on re-skilling to address AI's expected impact on jobs.

    • Collective bargaining
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Supreme Court hears Deliveroo collective bargaining case

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Apr 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Apr 2023

    The Supreme Court will consider whether Deliveroo workers have collective bargaining rights and can join a union.

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