News / Angry union calls on Argos drivers for strike vote over transfer to Eddie Stobart

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Eddie Stobart Ltd (ESL) is on the brink of an outsourcing row with UK union Unite over retailer Argos’s plans to transfer 96 drivers to ESL next month.

Unite national officer for road transport Matt Draper said: “Eddie Stobart has a very poor record of treating workers who have been TUPE’d [Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)] to its operations.

“We regard what has been proposed by the Argos management as a serious threat to our members’ pay and terms and conditions ...