Unite Great Yarmouth and District

14/10/2025

🚨BREAKING: Birmingham bin worker blacklisting scandal rocks council

Agency management were caught on camera telling agency workers council chiefs will ban them from jobs if they refuse to cross picket lines 😳

See our latest post for more and support the bin workers ✊

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30/09/2025

Unite 1426 members who were on strike at AW Crewing have secured improved pay and conditions

Crew on the Cefas Vessel Endeavour went out on strike at their home port of Lowestoft between the 9th and 12th September 2025 over pay and conditions

Proving that we're stronger together in a union the branch congratulates members on their dedication and resolve during the dispute.



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🚨 Victory for the Cefas Endeavour crew! Unite members win:

💰 £3,200 lump sum (up to 9.6% pay rise)
📅 Fixed 28-day rotation
🧳 Travel days reinstated

Sharon Graham - General Secretary, Unite the Union: “These workers stood firm in their fight for better pay, which they have since won through undertaking industrial action.” ✊

12/09/2025

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09/09/2025

Great Yarmouth & District No. 1426 Branch members employed by AW Crewing are on strike between 9th and 12th September.

Picket line 8-9am, 12-1pm, 5-6pm, Commercial Rd, Lowestoft from today through Friday 12th September

Workers are employed by the Guernsey and Isle of Man based AW Crewing – both areas which are tax havens - and include the captain and deckhands who facilitate scientists coming on board to do surveys of British waters.

Cefas Endeavour staff employed by AW Crewing have been offered a 6.5 per cent pay rise but this has been rejected as it still leaves some crew members earning less than their counterparts on other vessels.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "It is utterly wrong that these workers with very specialist skills are being offered less money than their counterparts working for the same company.

"AW Crewing can afford to put its hands in its pockets and put forward a fair offer that brings our members at Lowestoft in line with their peers. Our members have Unite’s full support throughout their strike."

08/08/2025