As ballot papers begin to fall through letterboxes for the Unite General Secretary election, members deserve to have reliable information, not ‘alternative facts’, to hand while making their choice….Read more…
The Commonwealth Remains a Means to Perpetuate Neo-Colonialism and is an Anachronism in the 21st Century
The government has recently made great efforts to strengthen the neo-colonial ties that exist in the so-called Commonwealth, the organisation of some fifty-two states around the world, most of which…Read more…
Gross government incompetence
Taxpayers and workers will pay the price for gross government incompetence, after the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) announced on Monday (March 27) it would axe a multi-billion pound…Read more…
PM: change Brexit tack call
With UK manufacturers warning today (March 27) that a ‘no deal’ Brexit would be ‘simply unacceptable to an industry accounting for 45 percent of all UK exports’, Unite has…Read more…
‘Address gross injustice’ call
An agency supplying labour to Sports Direct’s warehouse in Derbyshire has yet to honour a deal it made to award back pay to workers who were illegally underpaid the minimum wage. The continued…Read more…
Only a Pro-Social Government that directly represents the right to health care can be “the government of the NHS”
On March 8, only four days after one of the largest national demonstrations opposing the government’s whole direction for the NHS the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, concluded the…Read more…
NHS staff are giving 100%, but getting just 1% in return, says UNISON
Commenting on the announcement from the NHS pay review body (PRB) today (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Health service employees go above and beyond caring for patients and…Read more…
Latest NHS pay award is ‘derisory’, say health unions
Commenting on the announcement today (Tuesday) from the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) of its proposals for 2017/18, Christina McAnea, the spokesperson for unions representing staff working in the NHS,…Read more…
U.S. Workers Most at Risk From Robots
(CNN) Millions of workers around the world are at risk of losing their jobs to robots — but Americans should be particularly worried. Thirty-eight percent of jobs in the U.S. are at high risk…Read more…
‘Pension robbery’ protest
A group of BMW workers from the UK will be handing in a petition and protesting outside the carmaker’s Munich headquarters in Germany tomorrow (March 29), demanding that BMW Group bosses stop their…Read more…
UNISON support sees tribunal call for nurse to get her job back
Health board acted unfairly in dismissing nurse for short-term sickness absences when she was experiencing domestic abuse
The article UNISON support sees tribunal call for nurse to get her job back…Read more…
Pay deal result
Workers at Oxford Bus Company have agreed a settlement in their long-running dispute over pay and Christmas working, Unite said today (March 28). A pay deal for the year, starting on November…Read more…
DOCAS and facility time changes brought forward
New DOCAS agreements have to be in place from 10 March 2018 to ensure a “reasonable fee” is paid to public sector employers who deduct union subs directly from members’ wages
The article DOCAS and…Read more…
How Tory Tribunal fees prevent justice at work.
For those who think they don’t need trade unions to fight for justice at work, I say think again.
Making an application for an employment tribunal now costs £250 and then a further £950 for a hearing. As this research shows, low paid workers with strong cases are being blocked.
“A new report to…Read more…
Cutting the futures of the young
More and more people are toiling into their old age new figures show, even as the government considers pushing the age of retirement further back for today’s young people. Plans to change the…Read more…
Show EU staff NHS needs them call
The number of EU nurses registering in England has fallen by 92 per cent since the Brexit referendum while the number of European NHS nurses who have quit their jobs has increased, new figures show….Read more…
Uber lobbying inquiry call
Black cab drivers’ union, Unite, today (March 27, 2017) echoed calls for an inquiry into links between senior Conservative figures and Uber and their role in lobbying against tighter private taxi…Read more…
Navigating ‘these stormy waters’
Representatives of Unite’s 95,000 auto members gathered for an emergency Brexit conference on Saturday (March 25), just days before Theresa May triggers formal negotiations over the UK’s EU exit….Read more…
Blog: I dream in English – a German member’s thoughts on Brexit
By Christina Egan When I read Anke Plummer’s account of feeling like a Briton, I wondered why, as another German living here for over 20 years, I do not seem to feel British at all? Well, I…Read more…
Freedom Riders in South Yorkshire keep the campaign alive
At noon today, the 27th March, South Yorkshire Freedom Riders are holding a public rally at Sheffield Train Station to celebrate their third anniversary of campaigning for free local train travel for…Read more…