{"id":8308,"date":"2016-04-07T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2016-04-07T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T13:14:16","slug":"co-op-dispute-settled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=8308","title":{"rendered":"Co-op dispute settled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Co-op drivers have voted by a large margin to accept proposals to settle the dispute over the outsourcing of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite recommended that more than 700 of its members accept the offer hammered out after two days of hard bargaining at Acas before the Easter holiday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute had centred on the future of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drivers after plans were put forward to transfer 87 Coventry-based drivers to the haulier Eddie Stobart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There were also further concerns about future outsourcing of Co-op drivers across the UK at Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland; Castlewood, north Derbyshire; Chester-Le-Street, County Durham; Coventry; Inverness; Newhouse, Lanarkshire; Plymouth and Thurrock in Essex.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The transfer for the Coventry Co-op drivers to Eddie Stobart is to go ahead as part of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite national officer for retail distribution, Adrian Jones, said: \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe are pleased to announce that our members have voted by a large margin to accept the deal on the table.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>New chapter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe now look forward to a new chapter of constructive dialogue with management and to move forward in a positive fashion for the benefit of the Co-op, their customers and our members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe are confident that our members have a secure future with the Co-op and that our concerns about the future of in-house transport have been fully addressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Firm commitment <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members have been given a firm commitment for their future in line with the business\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 five-year plan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members at Coventry, who were transferred to Eddie Stobart, have been given extra assurances that provide confidence for their own futures outside of the Co-op,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Jones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of the 87 affected drivers in Coventry, 67 took a severance package and 20 went to Eddie Stobart, the union said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Co-op spokesman said: &#8220;We have always maintained our commitment to retaining our in-house operations, and are glad that colleagues have recognised this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-op drivers have voted by a large margin to accept proposals to settle the dispute over the outsourcing of jobs. &nbsp; Unite recommended that more than 700 of its members accept the offer hammered out after two days of hard bargaining at Acas before the Easter holiday. &nbsp; The dispute had centred on the future [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[271,475,505],"wps_subtitle":"Coventry driver deal accepted by Unite members","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8317,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308\/revisions\/8317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}