Unite has slammed the government for considering a public sector pay freeze for 5.5m workers, after reports today (November 20) suggested that public sector workers excluding frontline NHS staff may…Read more…
‘Devastating news for E.ON workers’
The news that energy giant E.ON is to axe about 700 jobs over the next two years is ‘more grim news’ for the UK economy already battered by Covid-19, Unite said on Thursday (November 19). Unite has…Read more…
Unite statement on Saudi Arabian human rights abuses
Unite the Union, TSSA, NEU, NASUWT and the SOR trade unions are calling on the UK government to raise serious concerns at the upcoming G20 summit in Riyadh concerning the continued human rights…Read more…
‘Cast iron guarantees’ on UK defence spending call
Unite has cautiously welcomed this week’s defence spending announcement – but warned that it must be used to create and support jobs and communities in the UK amid a national employment crisis. On…Read more…
Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’
Public sector employees, many of whom are essential Covid-19 workers, should not be subject to a continuing pay freeze from a government that has not learnt the lessons of austerity, Unite said today…Read more…
‘Open the toilets to frontline workers’
On World Toilet Day today (November 19), Unite continued to push its long-running toilet dignity campaign, calling for all workers to have access to sanitation facilities. A new Unite survey…Read more…
‘Everybody should have access to a toilet’
On World Toilet Day today (November 19), Unite has highlighted its long-running campaign to ensure every worker – from bus drivers to lorry drivers, couriers and more – has access to…Read more…
‘Rights and fights that can and must be won’
It’s night time in Wroclaw, south west Poland. It’s dark. The streets are filled with people in face masks holding placards and chanting ‘I think, I feel, I decide’. Police vans and officers – some…Read more…
‘Yet more cronyism and chaos from this Tory government’
Yet more evidence has emerged of government’s dubious use of public funds amid the pandemic, with new research from the main government spending watching dog revealing that PPE suppliers which had…Read more…
Unite calls for toilet dignity on World Toilet Day
A survey of thousands of professional drivers in the UK, who are members of Unite, has revealed that many are routinely denied access to toilets during working hours and that the initial lockdown…Read more…
A Phoenix for Christmas Dinner?
“We’ve been working against holiday hunger for three and a half years now as a trade union with Unite Community and industrial members. I believe trade unions should be doing more of this work – it…Read more…
Minister must retract chlorine chicken claim
George Eustice must withdraw ‘worrying and incorrect’ claim that USA poultry farms ‘don’t use chlorine much’
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‘Rebadged funding pots and reheated pledges’
Prime minister Boris Johnson’s 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution falls far short of what is needed to create enough jobs for a successful post-pandemic economy and tackle a growing…Read more…
‘No choice but to strike’
Emergency first responders working at Airbus’ Filton site will go on strike over an ultimatum by their employer, Securitas, to either be made redundant or to accept new contracts that will see their…Read more…
First West Yorkshire bus drivers balloted for strike action
The travelling public in West Yorkshire would greatly benefit with the restoration of a full pre-Covid-19 bus schedules’ agreement and normal timetables, Unite said today (November 16). Nearly 400…Read more…
Unite legal win: the right to picket is a human right
Last week, Unite secured a major victory for the entire labour movement, after the government was forced to confirm that workers taking lawful industrial action have a right to picket their…Read more…
Heathrow airport set to grind to halt as strikes announced
Workers at Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) are set to take targeted strike action in the dispute over plans to fire and rehire its 4,000 workers on vastly reduced pay. The strike action by members of…Read more…
Clarks founding family cashing in on dividends ‘unacceptable’
Earlier this month, UniteLIVE highlighted some big companies behaving badly during the pandemic, cutting jobs while still paying out dividends to shareholders. British footwear retailer Clarks has…Read more…
Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick strikes continue
Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick in Lancashire will be hit with a second and third wave of targeted strikes over plans to offshore the production of Trent jet engine blades to Singapore with the loss of 350…Read more…
‘Clapping doesn’t pay the bills’
Drivers and passenger assistants, who take disabled children to and from school in Hackney, have voted unanimously to strike over the failure of the council to make a one-off £500 Covid-19 payment…Read more…