Oxfam (UNITE) Strike Calendar
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Following industrial action by Unite members, the majority of Oxfam workers secured a six per cent pay increase and lump-sum payments of £2,300.
Additionally, the workers also successfully negotiated crucial commitments including: Ensuring Oxfam does not cause detriment to striking workers; The introduction of decent minimum pay; Pay progression; An improved recognition agreement for Unite.
Strike action being taken by members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, employed by the charity Oxfam has been suspended after talks resulted in an improved pay offer being made.
More than 500 workers began strike action on Friday (8 December). Strikes scheduled for 14, 15, 16 and 17 December have been postponed as an act of good faith while Unite ballots its members on the revised offer. If the pay offer is rejected, strike action will begin again on 20 December.
Nearly 500 Oxfam GB workers are to strike for 17 days throughout December for the first time in the charity’s 81-year history, Unite, the UK’s leading union, said today (Thursday).
The workers voted by 83 per cent in favour of strike action in a ballot with an 82 per cent turnout. The vote came after they rejected a pay offer of £1,750 or six per cent (whichever is higher), plus a one-off taxed payment of £1,000 for the lowest earners.
The charity has repeatedly refused to enter fresh negotiations. Unite also understands Oxfam is looking at undermining the strike by using unpaid volunteers, an astonishing move for a charity that says it supports labour rights, including the right to strike.
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