News / Argos strike threat fades as Unite and Wincanton agree back-pay deal for drivers

15/12/2016

Industrial action by drivers operating out of UK retailer Argos’s national distribution centre in Barton has been suspended after the Unite union reached an agreement with Wincanton over holiday back-pay.

The union representing drivers who voted 83% in favour of striking, met with Wincanton management yesterday and came to a mutual agreement over the firm’s failure to honour two years of holiday back-pay – a figure Unite put at £700 per driver.

The agreement, the details of which have been kept confidential, ...