Unite is calling for an urgent review of the fees, major accountancy firms can charge when a company falls into administration, after it was revealed today (August 16) that following Carillion’s…Read more…
‘Difficult and dangerous’
Refuse worker deaths increased by 50 per cent in 2017 new figures show, with staff facing 1,000 incidents of dangerous driving by members of the public everyday. Figures from the Health and…Read more…
Consumers steered wrong
Motorists are being duped by incorrect labelling on inferior tyres flooding the market from Asia, which could be putting thousands of lives at risk, a Unite investigation has found. The…Read more…
UNISON and National Police Chiefs’ Council to tackle worrying levels of sexual harassment
This research finds levels of sexual harassment consistent with that reported in police forces internationally as well as other workplace surveys.
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UNISON makes call for proper careers advice in England and Wales
As young people face the prospect of having to rethink their career plans, the unions says 15 days training isn’t enough to help them
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Fat cat pay rockets to £5.7m a year while workers suffer
It would take 195 years for the average UK worker to earn what one FTSE 100 CEO gets in a yearRead more…
Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz reflects on her first 100 days in office
“Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz reflects on her first 100 days in office and pledges to continue to drive the change that Newham needs and for the benefit of all”Read more…
Our Health Service and our Labour Party – a personal view
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Do you know a health hero and want to make sure they’re recognised?
Nominations for the 2018 Our Health Heroes, honouring the vital work done by NHS support staff, are now open and close on 16 September
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Cornwall overcrowding threat
Unite is calling on the government to reform its local funding formula to ensure that Cornwall and other tourist hotspots are better able to cope with peak holiday periods. Unite is further…Read more…
‘Slap in the face’
UK workers who’ve faced a continued wages squeeze are now being doubly hit by rising costs, with regulated rail fares set to rise in January 2019 by a maximum of 3.2 per cent. Commuters will…Read more…
‘Pitiful’ social housing plans
The Tories’ new social housing plans have been branded “pitiful” because they contain no new investment to build desperately needed homes. Housing secretary James Brokenshire said the…Read more…
Fat cat bosses raking it in
There’s no end in sight for UK workers’ wage pain – wage growth slowed yet again in June according to yesterday’s latest labour market figures – but for top chief executives, who have seen their pay…Read more…
Yorkshire hospitals strike called off after trust hats privatisation plan
Trust announced that it has scrapped plans to create a wholly-owned subsidiary after angry response at staff meetings
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Zero-hours contracts down
The government on Tuesday (August 14) hailed the latest labour market figures as it highlighted the fall in unemployment and the first significant drop in zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) in several…Read more…
Cancellations, delays, chaos – yet rail fares keep on rising
With rail fare rises outstripping wages yet again, the time has come to return our railways to public ownershipRead more…
If a Police Officer can have his pension scammed then is anyone safe under Tory “Pension freedoms” ?
Check out this BBC report about a serving Police Officer who was cheated out of his pension but managed to win £135,000 compensation from the Ombudsman for his fund’s failure to properly warn him about risks. The Police Officer had been “persuade…Read more…
‘Autumn of anarchy’?
Unite members at Ainscough, the UK’s premier mobile crane company, are preparing to begin balloting for industrial action in a dispute over pay. The 400 plus Unite member are furious that…Read more…
‘Tax haven’ row
A Crewe engineering company, which wants to axe 62 jobs, has not been ‘frank and open’ about the true state of its finances, Unite said today (August 13). Unite is balloting for industrial…Read more…
‘They deserve better’
Cheques and cheque books issued by high street banks and the HMRC are set to be delayed after members of Unite at Communisis in Crewe voted for strike action, in a dispute over pay. The 79…Read more…