Unite praised the solidarity and determination of Birmingham city council refuse workers after they backed a deal at a mass meeting on November 25 that brought the long running Birmingham bin dispute…Read more…
No rest, no pay
Two out of three workers at Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest budget hotel chain, are regularly missing out on their rest breaks and not getting paid what they are owed, a snap poll by Unite has…Read more…
Fake news, real jobs and a changing world
The crisis in news media and the challenges it presents…Read more…
Spirit of the Five lives on
Forty five years ago, five dockworkers and trade unionists were imprisoned for standing up to a government which, through the new Industrial Relations Act, was inflicting draconian restrictions on…Read more…
‘Scandalous’ waste of NHS funds
Privateer Virgin Care has successfully sued the NHS because it was not awarded a contract to provide children’s health services in Surrey. Unite said the news was further evidence of the…Read more…
Bank jobs slash betrayal
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Unite members were dismayed to learn today (Friday December 1) that the tax-payer backed bank is to cut a quarter of its branches. Unite accused RBS of decimating its…Read more…