Shelter Charity (UNITE) Strike Calendar

A planned two-week strike by 600 Shelter staff members has been suspended after talks led to an improved pay offer. 85% of the workers who voted in a ballot organized by the union Unite voted in favor of striking, citing difficulties paying bills due to the cost of living crisis. The revised pay offer from Shelter includes a 7% award from December 2022, including a 3% payment from April 2022 and an additional 4% payment from December. Employees will also receive a one-time payment of £1,250 ($1,702), with £750 already received and the remaining £500 to be paid in early 2023. The union had been seeking a flat-rate £2,100 consolidated increase for all staff in 2022. The revised offer will now be put to a second vote.

More than 600 workers at housing and homelessness charity Shelter are beginning two weeks of strike action on Monday in a dispute over pay, coinciding with one of its busiest times of the year. Shelter said some services would be “temporarily impacted” but added: “We are making every effort to continue to serve those in need of our help.” The strike action coincides with industrial action by postal and rail workers, among others. Unite said Shelter’s management had “refused to enter into meaningful negotiations” and said talks at Acas had collapsed last Thursday. The strike action is due to end on December 16.