A major logistics provider for Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in the UK is facing the threat of industrial action in a dispute over pay.
Around 300 DHL logistics workers based at JLR in Solihull have voted in favour of starting indefinite strike action over pay in early May, Unite, the labour union representing the DHL workers said.
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It also said that more than 300 DHL HGV drivers working on the JLR contract in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Solihull and Widnes have also voted in favour of strike action, with dates yet to be announced.
The Unite union said logistics workers and HGV drivers, involved in delivering parts and cars to and from JLR’s West Midlands and North West operations, are angry at an ‘unacceptable three per cent pay offer for 2026’.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “DHL is hugely profitable – it can more than afford to put forward an acceptable pay offer and that is what needs to happen. Unite always defends our members’ jobs, pay and conditions and DHL’s JLR workforce have their union’s full backing in taking strike action for a fair pay rise.”
DHL’s offer is a real terms wage cut with the RPI rate of inflation standing at 3.6 per cent, the union maintains. The union also said DHL recently announced operating profits of €6.1bn for 2025.
As things stand, DHL JLR Solihull workers will begin indefinite strike action at 00:01 hours on 7 May.
Unite regional officer Melvyn Palmer said: “JLR will not be happy that its operations are facing severe disruption because DHL is refusing to put forward a fair pay offer out of greed. Strike action can still be avoided but that will require DHL tabling a deal our members can accept.”
