Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kim Johnson (Labour), on Monday, 3 July 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.

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Support for DHL workers taking strike action on Avanti West Coast

That this House supports rail workers providing catering stores to Avanti West Coast, who are taking strike action in support of their campaign for a fair pay offer from their employer DHL; notes that RPI inflation stands at 11.3 per cent, that interest rates are at 5 per cent and that these workers, like other workers in Britain, are facing a cost-of-living crisis; further notes that these workers have been refused a pay rise this year in spite of the cost-of-living crisis and despite their employer paying out £1.7 billion in dividends to its shareholder and Avanti, which controls the contract, paying out £13.5 million to its FirstGroup parent company last year; is dismayed that these companies are putting the interests of their shareholders over their workers; and calls on the companies involved to settle this dispute by making a pay offer to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1401 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Jon Trickett

Jonathan Edwards

Ian Mearns

Martin Docherty-Hughes

Mary Kelly Foy

Subjects

Industrial disputes DHL Avanti West Coast

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk