Overview
- Nearly 500 HGV drivers who deliver groceries to Morrisons from depots in Wakefield, Stockton-on-Tees and Northwich are being balloted for strike action.
- Unite says Eddie Stobart is replacing unionised employees with agency drivers on lower, insecure terms, with about 40% of drivers at Stockton and Northwich now agency.
- Eddie Stobart has confirmed any future directly employed drivers would be hired on inferior terms, which the union says weakens collective bargaining.
- Morrisons says deliveries continue as normal and calls for constructive talks after Unite warned a strike could leave shelves empty across the North.
- The vote closes on 4 June, setting a short window for a deal that would affect shoppers, store staff and drivers who depend on stable routes and pay.