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Asda Big 4 GMB union grocers pay increase people retailers Supermarkets

Employee pay can be one of the most contentious issues for employers to deal with – particularly when finances are being placed under the spotlight right across the board. Official…

Asda criticised for offering female staff lower pay rise than males

Finance Supermarkets

April 11, 2022

Asda Big 4 grocer distribution centre workers GMB union real terms pay cut sick pay

Asda has been accused of offering its male staff a larger pay rise than its female employees. The GMB Scotland union has hit out at the disparity in pay between…

Asda distribution workers enter consultative vote over sick pay

Supermarkets

April 7, 2022

People Supermarkets Sustainability

Thousands of Asda distribution workers have begun a consultative vote on industrial action on 6 April over proposed cuts to their sick pay and a real terms pay cut, GMB…

‘Why won’t they pay workers properly?’ GMB union slams Asda boss

Asda Big 4 Cost of living crises GMB union grocers Inflation Lord Stuart Rose retailers Supermarkets Trade Union

April 6, 2022

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Trade union GMB has responded to comments made by Asda chairman Lord Stuart Rose, who earlier this week slammed the government for a ‘tin-eared and slow’ response to the UK’s…

Sainsbury’s set to pay ‘real living wage’

Asda Big 4 GMB union grocers NEST pay increase real living wage Sainsbury's Supermarkets

March 28, 2022

Sainsbury’s major investors have launched a campaign to become the first supermarket group to pay all its workers the ‘real live wage’ of £9.90 an hour in a bid to…

Supermarket pay: how grocers are balancing the books

February 25, 2022

Asda below inflation pay rise Bonus GMB union Inflation Minimum Wage Pay

Pay has been a contentious issue for supermarkets over the past few weeks. With the rising cost of living sitting firmly at the top of the agenda, some have been…

Asda to be a “minimum wage employer”

People Supermarkets

February 24, 2022

Asda Cost of living crises Crisps FMCG GMB union Inflation Pay Rise real wages Tayto

Trade union GMB has claimed that Asda would effectively become a “minimum wage employer” if it didn’t increase its pay offer. Union bosses have written to the Issa brothers, Asda’s…

Tayto employees receive ‘inflation-busting’ pay rise

FMCG People Suppliers

February 10, 2022

Aldi Asda cost of living crisis GMB union Inflation Lidl Morrisons Pay Rise real wages Sainsbury's TUC

Employees at crisps and snacks manufacturer, Tayto Group, have been awarded an an “inflation-busting” pay rise. According to trade union, GMB, workers at Tayto have been awarded a pay rise…

123,000 Asda workers face below-inflation pay increase

People Supermarkets

February 9, 2022