UK parcel carrier City Link faces 7-day strike from next week
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Staff at loss-making UK parcel carrier City Link are set to go on strike for seven days from Tuesday, 24th September.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said today that the industrial action would involve “hundreds” of staff at the Coventry-based parcel carrier, from midnight on 24th September to 1pm on 30th September.
The union is leading protests over pay and working conditions at City Link, which was acquired for a token £1 by equity group Better Capital earlier this year.
City Link said today that it considers any industrial action “illegal”, considering the number of union members who voted in favour of the action compared to the total number represented by the RMT.
The company said it will look to the law courts to challenge the action, and that in the mean time it has “robust” contingency plans to protect service levels.
Union
The RMT said the sale of City Link by Rentokil Initial plc has coincided with an “all-out assault” on terms and conditions”, with staff facing pay cuts of up to £4,000, enforced overtime and the loss of bonuses.
A boycott of the entire company has been called by the union, which is planning a programme of protests at locations including Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Norwich, Chelmsford, Heathrow, Warrington, Basingstoke and Guildford.
The RMT, which is somewhat renowned in the UK for its disputes with London Underground, held a strike ballot among City Link staff last month. The ballot saw 174 drivers voting, with 157 in favour of strike action and 17 against, along with 98 non-drivers, 91 of whom backed industrial action.
RMT spokesman Geoff Martin told Post&Parcel this morning that following a recruitment drive, the union has around 800 members who will be involved in the action, “and rising”.
Martin said: “We remain open to negotiations and no decision has been made on further action in the run-up to Christmas as yet, but of course it remains an option if the dispute isn’t settled.”
Business
“The battle at City Link represents an important campaign for the whole trade union movement”
City Link as a whole has about 4,200 in-house employees along with about 650 owner-drivers, working out of a network of 60 depots.
The company delivers about 76m parcels a year, with about an 8% market share in the UK, generating a revenue of around £321m a year. About 80% of the company’s business is domestic parcel delivery, with a 60:40 split between business-to-business and business-to-consumer customers.
In recent years new leadership under managing director David Smith has been working to bring years of unprofitability to an end through a combination of cost-cutting and 3-4% price increases. From 2011 to 2012, the company brought its costs down from £6.24 per shipment to £5.60.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said the actions of City Link had “sparked a surge in recruitment” for the union with the company.
“Hundreds of workers are now actively engaged in the fight back at City Link depots across the country,” he said. “The company should be under no illusions, their workforce are up for this fight.”
Crow accused City Link management of “bullying” workers to accept new contracts, describing the company’s new owners as “asset-strippers”.
“RMT is fighting back with a two-pronged strategy involving industrial action and public campaigning,” said Crow.
“The battle at City Link is a national fight against a high-profile company and represents an important campaign for the whole trade union movement against private equity companies who think they can treat their workers like dirt. As always RMT remains available for meaningful talks.”
City Link
City Link confirmed to Post&Parcel today that it has received notification of the intent to strike from the RMT – and that it intends to challenge the matter in the courts.
The company said the union only represents 12% of its staff, and insisted that “less than half of these appeared to have actually supported the union’s ballot”.
Scott Maynard, the HR director at City Link, said said his firm believed that any strike action would be “illegal”.
“It is our considered view that the RMT ballot was fundamentally flawed and that any strike action on the back of it would be illegal. We have made the RMT aware of our concerns on a number of occasions without any meaningful response from them, regrettably, we are now left with no other choice than to pursue this matter through the courts,” said Maynard.
The City Link HR director said his company had been consulting with front line staff since June over a series of measures “aimed squarely at making their pay and conditions fairer and more equitable”.
“At the moment we are in the position where colleagues doing the same job in the same depot are getting paid different wages,” he said.
“This is a legacy that the current management team has inherited and is one we believe is fundamentally unfair. The proposals we have put forward will resolve this while ensuring that the vast majority of colleagues see no reduction in their pay packet or actually get an increase.”
As City Link looks to the law courts to tackle the RMT strike, the company said it has put in place “robust” contingency plans to ensure there is no adverse impact on services.
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City Link Courier Group on Strike
Guess what, just read in the Times Newspaper there are 800 workers are on strike next Tuesday for a week due to a change of terms & conditions.
City Link Group have been bought out by another company and have axed bonus schemes as well as enforcing overtime, their main customers are Amazon, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis.
That's the way to do it, not one day here & there.
City Link Group have been bought out by another company and have axed bonus schemes as well as enforcing overtime, their main customers are Amazon, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis.
That's the way to do it, not one day here & there.
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UK parcel carrier City Link faces 7-day strike from next week
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Staff at loss-making UK parcel carrier City Link are set to go on strike for seven days from Tuesday, 24th September.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said today that the industrial action would involve “hundreds” of staff at the Coventry-based parcel carrier, from midnight on 24th September to 1pm on 30th September.
The union is leading protests over pay and working conditions at City Link, which was acquired for a token £1 by equity group Better Capital earlier this year.
City Link said today that it considers any industrial action “illegal”, considering the number of union members who voted in favour of the action compared to the total number represented by the RMT.
The company said it will look to the law courts to challenge the action, and that in the mean time it has “robust” contingency plans to protect service levels.
Union
The RMT said the sale of City Link by Rentokil Initial plc has coincided with an “all-out assault” on terms and conditions”, with staff facing pay cuts of up to £4,000, enforced overtime and the loss of bonuses.
A boycott of the entire company has been called by the union, which is planning a programme of protests at locations including Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Norwich, Chelmsford, Heathrow, Warrington, Basingstoke and Guildford.
The RMT, which is somewhat renowned in the UK for its disputes with London Underground, held a strike ballot among City Link staff last month. The ballot saw 174 drivers voting, with 157 in favour of strike action and 17 against, along with 98 non-drivers, 91 of whom backed industrial action.
RMT spokesman Geoff Martin told Post&Parcel this morning that following a recruitment drive, the union has around 800 members who will be involved in the action, “and rising”.
Martin said: “We remain open to negotiations and no decision has been made on further action in the run-up to Christmas as yet, but of course it remains an option if the dispute isn’t settled.”
Business
“The battle at City Link represents an important campaign for the whole trade union movement”
City Link as a whole has about 4,200 in-house employees along with about 650 owner-drivers, working out of a network of 60 depots.
The company delivers about 76m parcels a year, with about an 8% market share in the UK, generating a revenue of around £321m a year. About 80% of the company’s business is domestic parcel delivery, with a 60:40 split between business-to-business and business-to-consumer customers.
In recent years new leadership under managing director David Smith has been working to bring years of unprofitability to an end through a combination of cost-cutting and 3-4% price increases. From 2011 to 2012, the company brought its costs down from £6.24 per shipment to £5.60.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said the actions of City Link had “sparked a surge in recruitment” for the union with the company.
“Hundreds of workers are now actively engaged in the fight back at City Link depots across the country,” he said. “The company should be under no illusions, their workforce are up for this fight.”
Crow accused City Link management of “bullying” workers to accept new contracts, describing the company’s new owners as “asset-strippers”.
“RMT is fighting back with a two-pronged strategy involving industrial action and public campaigning,” said Crow.
“The battle at City Link is a national fight against a high-profile company and represents an important campaign for the whole trade union movement against private equity companies who think they can treat their workers like dirt. As always RMT remains available for meaningful talks.”
City Link
City Link confirmed to Post&Parcel today that it has received notification of the intent to strike from the RMT – and that it intends to challenge the matter in the courts.
The company said the union only represents 12% of its staff, and insisted that “less than half of these appeared to have actually supported the union’s ballot”.
Scott Maynard, the HR director at City Link, said said his firm believed that any strike action would be “illegal”.
“It is our considered view that the RMT ballot was fundamentally flawed and that any strike action on the back of it would be illegal. We have made the RMT aware of our concerns on a number of occasions without any meaningful response from them, regrettably, we are now left with no other choice than to pursue this matter through the courts,” said Maynard.
The City Link HR director said his company had been consulting with front line staff since June over a series of measures “aimed squarely at making their pay and conditions fairer and more equitable”.
“At the moment we are in the position where colleagues doing the same job in the same depot are getting paid different wages,” he said.
“This is a legacy that the current management team has inherited and is one we believe is fundamentally unfair. The proposals we have put forward will resolve this while ensuring that the vast majority of colleagues see no reduction in their pay packet or actually get an increase.”
As City Link looks to the law courts to tackle the RMT strike, the company said it has put in place “robust” contingency plans to ensure there is no adverse impact on services.
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Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Staff at loss-making UK parcel carrier City Link are set to go on strike for seven days from Tuesday, 24th September.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said today that the industrial action would involve “hundreds” of staff at the Coventry-based parcel carrier, from midnight on 24th September to 1pm on 30th September.
The union is leading protests over pay and working conditions at City Link, which was acquired for a token £1 by equity group Better Capital earlier this year.
City Link said today that it considers any industrial action “illegal”, considering the number of union members who voted in favour of the action compared to the total number represented by the RMT.
The company said it will look to the law courts to challenge the action, and that in the mean time it has “robust” contingency plans to protect service levels.
Union
The RMT said the sale of City Link by Rentokil Initial plc has coincided with an “all-out assault” on terms and conditions”, with staff facing pay cuts of up to £4,000, enforced overtime and the loss of bonuses.
A boycott of the entire company has been called by the union, which is planning a programme of protests at locations including Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Norwich, Chelmsford, Heathrow, Warrington, Basingstoke and Guildford.
The RMT, which is somewhat renowned in the UK for its disputes with London Underground, held a strike ballot among City Link staff last month. The ballot saw 174 drivers voting, with 157 in favour of strike action and 17 against, along with 98 non-drivers, 91 of whom backed industrial action.
RMT spokesman Geoff Martin told Post&Parcel this morning that following a recruitment drive, the union has around 800 members who will be involved in the action, “and rising”.
Martin said: “We remain open to negotiations and no decision has been made on further action in the run-up to Christmas as yet, but of course it remains an option if the dispute isn’t settled.”
Business
“The battle at City Link represents an important campaign for the whole trade union movement”
City Link as a whole has about 4,200 in-house employees along with about 650 owner-drivers, working out of a network of 60 depots.
The company delivers about 76m parcels a year, with about an 8% market share in the UK, generating a revenue of around £321m a year. About 80% of the company’s business is domestic parcel delivery, with a 60:40 split between business-to-business and business-to-consumer customers.
In recent years new leadership under managing director David Smith has been working to bring years of unprofitability to an end through a combination of cost-cutting and 3-4% price increases. From 2011 to 2012, the company brought its costs down from £6.24 per shipment to £5.60.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said the actions of City Link had “sparked a surge in recruitment” for the union with the company.
“Hundreds of workers are now actively engaged in the fight back at City Link depots across the country,” he said. “The company should be under no illusions, their workforce are up for this fight.”
Crow accused City Link management of “bullying” workers to accept new contracts, describing the company’s new owners as “asset-strippers”.
“RMT is fighting back with a two-pronged strategy involving industrial action and public campaigning,” said Crow.
“The battle at City Link is a national fight against a high-profile company and represents an important campaign for the whole trade union movement against private equity companies who think they can treat their workers like dirt. As always RMT remains available for meaningful talks.”
City Link
City Link confirmed to Post&Parcel today that it has received notification of the intent to strike from the RMT – and that it intends to challenge the matter in the courts.
The company said the union only represents 12% of its staff, and insisted that “less than half of these appeared to have actually supported the union’s ballot”.
Scott Maynard, the HR director at City Link, said said his firm believed that any strike action would be “illegal”.
“It is our considered view that the RMT ballot was fundamentally flawed and that any strike action on the back of it would be illegal. We have made the RMT aware of our concerns on a number of occasions without any meaningful response from them, regrettably, we are now left with no other choice than to pursue this matter through the courts,” said Maynard.
The City Link HR director said his company had been consulting with front line staff since June over a series of measures “aimed squarely at making their pay and conditions fairer and more equitable”.
“At the moment we are in the position where colleagues doing the same job in the same depot are getting paid different wages,” he said.
“This is a legacy that the current management team has inherited and is one we believe is fundamentally unfair. The proposals we have put forward will resolve this while ensuring that the vast majority of colleagues see no reduction in their pay packet or actually get an increase.”
As City Link looks to the law courts to tackle the RMT strike, the company said it has put in place “robust” contingency plans to ensure there is no adverse impact on services.
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Re: City Link Courier Group on Strike
Taking the union to court to prevent a strike. Sounds familiar. 
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Re: City Link Courier Group on Strike
We need a leader in the same mold as Bob Crowe if the RMT dont get what they want they will bring that company to its knees at the end of the day a company is nothing without its staff.
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Re: UK parcel carrier City Link faces 7-day strike
City Link workers warned against seven-day strike
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Hundreds of workers at delivery firm City Link announce seven days of strike action in a fight over pay and conditions - but the company warns it could take legal action against any strike.
The Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said its members, including drivers and other employees, backed industrial action by nine to one.
The workforce will strike for seven days from 1am, Tuesday 24 September.
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said: "The assault on pay and conditions by the new, private equity owners of City Link has sparked a surge in recruitment and hundreds of workers are now actively engaged in the fight back at depots across the country.
"This massive majority in favour of strike action shows that the workforce at City Link will not stand by and take this bullying attempt to force new contracts down their throats."
Nationwide protests
In addition, RMT called for a boycott of the company and will organise a programme of protests on 24 September across Britain at locations including Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Norwich, Chelmsford, Heathrow, Warrington, Basingstoke and Guildford.
City Link HR Director Scott Maynard, said the company had been consulting with "front-line colleagues since June over a series of measures aimed squarely at making their pay and conditions fairer and more equitable".
He said: "At the moment we are in the position where colleagues doing the same job in the same depot are getting paid different wages.
"This is a legacy that the current management team has inherited and is one we believe is fundamentally unfair. The proposals we have put forward will resolve this while ensuring that the vast majority of colleagues see no reduction in their pay packet or actually get an increase."
'Fundamentally flawed'
Mr Maynard also warned the company could take legal action against the union.
He added: "It is our considered view that the RMT ballot was fundamentally flawed and that any strike action on the back of it would be illegal.
"We have made the RMT aware of our concerns on a number of occasions without any meaningful response from them. Regrettably, we are now left with no other choice than to pursue this matter through the courts."
Mr Maynard said "robust contingency plans" were in place to ensure customers would not be affected by the strike.
"The service we offer to our customers is central to our new strategy," he said.
City Link was sold off earlier this year to private equity group Better Capital for £1 by Rentokil.
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Hundreds of workers at delivery firm City Link announce seven days of strike action in a fight over pay and conditions - but the company warns it could take legal action against any strike.
The Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said its members, including drivers and other employees, backed industrial action by nine to one.
The workforce will strike for seven days from 1am, Tuesday 24 September.
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said: "The assault on pay and conditions by the new, private equity owners of City Link has sparked a surge in recruitment and hundreds of workers are now actively engaged in the fight back at depots across the country.
"This massive majority in favour of strike action shows that the workforce at City Link will not stand by and take this bullying attempt to force new contracts down their throats."
Nationwide protests
In addition, RMT called for a boycott of the company and will organise a programme of protests on 24 September across Britain at locations including Portsmouth, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Norwich, Chelmsford, Heathrow, Warrington, Basingstoke and Guildford.
City Link HR Director Scott Maynard, said the company had been consulting with "front-line colleagues since June over a series of measures aimed squarely at making their pay and conditions fairer and more equitable".
He said: "At the moment we are in the position where colleagues doing the same job in the same depot are getting paid different wages.
"This is a legacy that the current management team has inherited and is one we believe is fundamentally unfair. The proposals we have put forward will resolve this while ensuring that the vast majority of colleagues see no reduction in their pay packet or actually get an increase."
'Fundamentally flawed'
Mr Maynard also warned the company could take legal action against the union.
He added: "It is our considered view that the RMT ballot was fundamentally flawed and that any strike action on the back of it would be illegal.
"We have made the RMT aware of our concerns on a number of occasions without any meaningful response from them. Regrettably, we are now left with no other choice than to pursue this matter through the courts."
Mr Maynard said "robust contingency plans" were in place to ensure customers would not be affected by the strike.
"The service we offer to our customers is central to our new strategy," he said.
City Link was sold off earlier this year to private equity group Better Capital for £1 by Rentokil.
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UK parcel carrier City Link: Strike action called off
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UK parcel carrier City Link has reported today that strike action planned by the RMT union for next week has been called off.
The union has confirmed that its members will not strike next week, but union officials are now considering their options.
The cancellation of strike action follows the Coventry-based company’s application to the High Court for an injunction to prevent the industrial action from going ahead.
The RMT had been campaigning against changes it said were being made in City Link staff pay and conditions as the company works to turn around its loss-making status after its recent acquisition. But, City Link challenged a strike ballot carried out by the union on the grounds that only around 12% of its staff voted for strike action.
The RMT had planned for its members to stop work from 24th September to 30th September.
City Link is currently building up to the busiest time of its year
A spokesperson for the RMT union confirmed to Post&Parcel today: “City Link have mobilised the anti-union laws and as a result the planned action is off but the issues at the heart of this dispute have not gone away and RMT is reviewing the position in light of the Court challenge.”
“Right thing to do”
Scott Maynard, the human resources director at City Link said his company was pleased the strike had been called off, adding that it was the “right outcome for our customers and colleagues”.
He said: “At the heart of this dispute have been our efforts to make pay and conditions fair for all our front line colleagues and we remain entirely convinced that this is the right thing to do. Our approach has always been to ensure that the views of all City Link colleagues are heard, respected and where appropriate reflected in our plans and we will, of course, continue to do this.
“Our approach has always been to ensure that the views of all City Link colleagues are heard”
“City Link has made tremendous progress over the last few months and we are now keen to forge ahead as a team, focused on delivering the very best customer experience in the UK parcels industry,” added Maynard.
Assuming the strike is called off, City Link can breathe a sigh of relief, since the threat of industrial action was hanging over the company uncomfortably close to the peak period, the run-up to Christmas.
Even if the actual strike action affected only a relatively small fraction of the City Link workforce, the perception that the carrier could find its services disrupted in the run-up to the festive peak could have proven significant for City Link’s business, particularly in the important e-commerce sector.
One industry expert told Post&Parcel yesterday that strike action at this stage could have cost City Link tens of millions in lost revenue as nervous e-commerce merchants looked elsewhere to guarantee Christmas deliveries.
City Link, which is now owned by private equity company Better Capital, generated a revenue of about £321m in 2012, delivering about 76m packages a year. The company’s new owners are planning on investing £40m over the next few years to improve City Link’s operations.
(Updated 12.25pm to add confirmation by the union)
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UK parcel carrier City Link has reported today that strike action planned by the RMT union for next week has been called off.
The union has confirmed that its members will not strike next week, but union officials are now considering their options.
The cancellation of strike action follows the Coventry-based company’s application to the High Court for an injunction to prevent the industrial action from going ahead.
The RMT had been campaigning against changes it said were being made in City Link staff pay and conditions as the company works to turn around its loss-making status after its recent acquisition. But, City Link challenged a strike ballot carried out by the union on the grounds that only around 12% of its staff voted for strike action.
The RMT had planned for its members to stop work from 24th September to 30th September.
City Link is currently building up to the busiest time of its year
A spokesperson for the RMT union confirmed to Post&Parcel today: “City Link have mobilised the anti-union laws and as a result the planned action is off but the issues at the heart of this dispute have not gone away and RMT is reviewing the position in light of the Court challenge.”
“Right thing to do”
Scott Maynard, the human resources director at City Link said his company was pleased the strike had been called off, adding that it was the “right outcome for our customers and colleagues”.
He said: “At the heart of this dispute have been our efforts to make pay and conditions fair for all our front line colleagues and we remain entirely convinced that this is the right thing to do. Our approach has always been to ensure that the views of all City Link colleagues are heard, respected and where appropriate reflected in our plans and we will, of course, continue to do this.
“Our approach has always been to ensure that the views of all City Link colleagues are heard”
“City Link has made tremendous progress over the last few months and we are now keen to forge ahead as a team, focused on delivering the very best customer experience in the UK parcels industry,” added Maynard.
Assuming the strike is called off, City Link can breathe a sigh of relief, since the threat of industrial action was hanging over the company uncomfortably close to the peak period, the run-up to Christmas.
Even if the actual strike action affected only a relatively small fraction of the City Link workforce, the perception that the carrier could find its services disrupted in the run-up to the festive peak could have proven significant for City Link’s business, particularly in the important e-commerce sector.
One industry expert told Post&Parcel yesterday that strike action at this stage could have cost City Link tens of millions in lost revenue as nervous e-commerce merchants looked elsewhere to guarantee Christmas deliveries.
City Link, which is now owned by private equity company Better Capital, generated a revenue of about £321m in 2012, delivering about 76m packages a year. The company’s new owners are planning on investing £40m over the next few years to improve City Link’s operations.
(Updated 12.25pm to add confirmation by the union)
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Re: UK parcel carrier City Link faces 7-day strike
Heh, had a thought, City Link customers swap over to Royal Mail and then we go strike, oh dear, post early for Christmas !
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But did the City Link management not have the sense to send all their employees near-daily Courier-type 'newspapers' reminding them how disappointed they are, how damaging the strike will be and how City Link will lose vital business to Royal Mail ? 
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The other major couriers must be rubbing there hands in excitement.
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Re: UK parcel carrier City Link faces 7-day strike
- except if this strike action is going to spread to ALL major couriers.cloherty1976 wrote:The other major couriers must be rubbing there hands in excitement.
One out, all out. 
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Re: UK parcel carrier City Link faces 7-day strike
I will not go on strike for a day but if the union announce a week that's me I'm on strike too.