Unite, launched a new groundbreakin digital tool to help members to secure better pay deals and help with Collective Bargaining. Unite has dveloped a ‘Pay Claim Generator’ which will help…Read more…
Paid not to work?
Responding to the Adam Smith Institute, Unite has warned against letting the global elite in Davos buy people off with universal payments in exchange for unemployment. A new report from the…Read more…
‘Govt should hang head in shame’
The government has heeded trade unions’ calls to set up a national taskforce in support of workers and businesses hit by outsourcing firm Carillion’s collapse. Unite has welcomed that the…Read more…
A ‘blight affecting millions’
A quarter of the poorest households are struggling with bills or debt, with 10 per cent forking out more than a fourth of their salary on credit card payments, a report has found. The…Read more…
Sellafield strikes off
A strike by members of Unite scheduled for next Tuesday (January 23), which would have created widespread disruption at Sellafield, has been called off to allow for negotiations aimed at resolving…Read more…
Tory council demonises homeless
A Unite Community activist who volunteers with the homeless has blasted shameful Tory councillors for neglecting rough sleepers and “demonising” them in a tasteless advertising campaign. …Read more…
From the IOW Health and well-being board:
Out of 5 options for our NHS on the Island they are proposing to recommend Option 3. Below is a summary of what these options are but we will find out for sure at the CCG meeting on February 1st…Read more…
Insecure contracts create interlocking pressures both at work and home.
In the absence of workplace security, workers across all sectors reported upon growing pressures at work and widely testified to feelings of worthlessness, vulnerability and fear in the face of…Read more…
Casualisation leaves workers facing a difficult and uncertain labour market
Much of the employment created in the UK in recent years has been low paid and insecure, as reflected in the increasing use of zero hours contracts and the growth in gig economy jobs.Read more…
“Labour sets Newham mayor ‘trigger ballot’ re-run dates”
Check out below another insightful article by “OnLondon” journalist Dave Hill, about the Newham Mayoral trigger.
I am more than happy with my quote in this article except, perhaps to make clear that I spoke as a Labour Party activist and that I am an …Read more…
PFIs slammed
The Tories threadbare defence that private firms delivering public services saves the taxpayer money was shredded today, after the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed the use of privateers costs up…Read more…
‘Unnecessary’ housing misery
Unite has accused the management of Vivark, which provides housing maintenance services for thousands of tenants in Knowsley, Merseyside of being ‘pig headed’ for their blinkered approach to an…Read more…
‘Fantastic boost’
Unite hailed the skills and hard work of Airbus workers today (January 18) after the airline Emirates signed an agreement to order up to 36 additional A380 aircraft. Describing the news as a…Read more…
Tracking row
EDF Energy bosses have been accused of hypocrisy over the introduction of a vehicle tracker system for workers installing smart meters, but ruling them out in their own company cars. Unite,…Read more…
Turning point
Workers gathered for mass union meetings at the gates of all five Bombardier sites in Northern Ireland today (January 18), on the eve of a critical US International Trade Commission (USITC) decision…Read more…
Crossrail strike
The multi-billion pound Crossrail development is set for further delays as Unite, the UK’s construction union, has announced further strikes on the Woolwich section of the project, in an escalating…Read more…
Outsourcing scandal
Controversial outsourcing Bromley council faces strike action by workers at two of its contractors that could hit libraries and care services in the borough. The ballots for strike action by…Read more…
Council Resolution on Isle of Wight Rail:
The following resolution was passed virtually unanimously last night by the Isle of Wight Council, with full cross party support. That this council confirms their position to support the goal of a…Read more…
My dismissal and the Fujitsu strikes
On Friday 12 January Fujitsu dismissed me under the guise of redundancy. They had given me the news by letter earlier in the week, when I was on compassionate leave for a family funeral. They didn’t even allow me to work my notice despite the fact that…Read more…
Inside the NHS’s winter crisis
The nation is in panic over the so-called ‘winter crisis’ in the NHS. But according to paramedic and UNISON member Jason Anderson, such pressures have become “the norm” for health staff on the…Read more…