Working people can take little comfort from Theresa May’s promise this week to transfer over rights when Britain leaves the EU. There may be a change at the top but, on workers’ rights, the…Read more…
Another attack on access to justice for workers injured at work
20 January 2017
By Hazards Campaign
An update from the Hazards Campaign and Philip Liptrot of Thompsons Solicitors regarding the Small Claims Limit proposals.
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JLR hit by fine
Birmingham crown court has fined Jaguar Land Rover £900,000 after a Unite the union member was crushed at its vehicle plant in Solihull in 2015. Mark Widnall, aged 59, from Coventry, had been working…Read more…
‘Percy Pig’ joins fair pay fight
Striking members of British Airways’ mixed fleet cabin crew will be enlisting the help of Marks and Spencer’s Percy Pig in their fight against poverty pay tomorrow (January 21) outside the retailer’s…Read more…
BA Strike support – on film
Day one of a three-day strike by cabin crew working for British Airways’ mixed fleet was strongly supported yesterday (January 19), with striking crew members joining picket lines at Heathrow…Read more…
Offer on the table
An offer aimed at settling the long-running dispute on pay, pensions and job security at Fujitsu in Manchester will be put to Unite’s 300 members. The workers are set to vote on the offer in…Read more…
Ferry rocked by strike action
More than 40,000 car journeys that rely on the Woolwich Ferry are set to be disrupted as the workers announce 12 days of 24-hour long strikes going into the spring over a bullying culture. …Read more…
Scottish council signs care charter
North Ayrshire becomes latest local authority to commit itself to union’s Ethical Care Charter, committing itself to standards for home care services and working conditions
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Glasgow IT workers win job protection
Members vote in favour of package which keeps employment status after outsourcing battle that saw membership increase by 40%
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Let’s talk about racism
TUC asks Black workers and others to share any experiences of workplace racism, using an online survey which runs to 27 February
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Wendy Nichols UNISON NEC Candidate Local Government Female Seat
“My priority is to Unison Members and always has been. Given the constant attacks on all of our members by firstly the coalition government and now a conservative one we should never forget that our membership comes first not any political party or out…Read more…
Ethical care: good for workers and those they care for
Raising social care standards is good for workers and the people they care for.
Today, I was at North Ayrshire Council, the latest employer in Scotland to sign up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter….Read more…
‘Bargain basement Britain’
Jeremy Corbyn has blasted Theresa May’s “demeaning” Brexit plan as one that will create a “bargain basement Britain”. During prime minister’s questions the Labour leader launched a withering…Read more…
Determination
Pictured are Unite BA cabin crew members on day one of a three day strike beginning today (January 19), with striking crew members joining picket lines at Heathrow Airport to protest over poverty…Read more…
Driver’s pay docked
Car drivers, who use Morrisons’ supermarket petrol stations in London, the South East and East Anglia, face the possibility of shortages, if a dispute over a driver’s ‘docked’ £5,200 pay leads to…Read more…
Strong support
Day one of a three day strike by cabin crew working for British Airways’ mixed fleet was being strongly supported today (January 19), with striking crew members joining picket lines at Heathrow…Read more…
‘Mowing’ workers’ pay?
Over 60 members of the Unite union working for the high end chainsaw and lawnmower maker, Husqvarna are beginning a continuous work to rule and overtime ban today (January 19) in a dispute over pay….Read more…
Broken pensions promises protest
Pictured are some of the six hundred Unite members that took strike action today (January 19) at the Atomic Weapons Establishment’s (AWE) two sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire,…Read more…
More than warm words
Despite a drop in overall revenue caused in part by a fall in the number of letters Britons sent, the Royal Mail had a successful Christmas, with Royal Mail CEO Moya Greene praising staff today…Read more…
Where have all the banks gone?
Bank branches once played a central part in many local communities, but each successive year after the financial crisis has seen more and more of their doors close as banks attempt to cut costs….Read more…