In his opening statements, made today (November 6) on behalf of trade unions represented at the Undercover Policing Inquiry chaired by Judge Mittings, Lord John Hendy QC has revealed that undercover…Read more…
‘Bringing both sides of the community together’
Covid is a cruel virus scarring us mentally as well as physically – raising anxiety, fears. Keeping families apart, making those happily living alone, lonely. But outside of the unreal TV-land…Read more…
Fat cats cashing in on Covid
While the pandemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives and destroyed the livelihoods of many thousands more, some large companies have cashed in on a Covid-19 business bonanza. Still, these fat…Read more…
‘A deep and damaging recession looms’
Today Friday November 6, alongside our Scottish regional secretary Pat Rafferty, I am co-hosting the latest in a series of regional meetings to discuss Unite’s Manufacturing Matters industrial…Read more…
Halt Rolls-Royce job losses call
Rolls-Royce was urged this evening (November 5) to make full use of the chancellor’s extension of the furlough scheme until the end of March to safeguard jobs at what is one of the jewels of British…Read more…
Caterpillar job losses ‘devastating blow’
Caterpillar’s announcement of plans for up to 700 job losses is a devastating blow to Northern Ireland manufacturing and Larne area economy, Unite has said. The union has blasted the decision as a…Read more…
‘Misery’ for deaf communities
‘Opportunistic’ attacks on sign language services during the coronavirus pandemic will cause ‘long term misery’ for the UK’s deaf communities struggling during the crisis, the National Union of…Read more…
Doncaster braced for Christmas bin strikes
Thousands of Doncaster residents could be affected by Christmas bin strikes in a dispute over bullying and harassment of workers by management. The Doncaster refuse and recycling contract is…Read more…
‘Well be fighting tooth and nail for our members’
Even those considered the safest jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic are not immune to being cut, after major supermarket retailer Sainbury’s today (November 5) announced an astonishing 3,500 job…Read more…
‘People need more than short-term sticking plasters’
Commenting in response to the Chancellor’s latest announcement (today, Thursday November 5) of additional financial support for business and workers in lockdown, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey…Read more…
The dark underbelly of the food industry
Recently, a number of celebrity chefs and restauranteurs, including Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, signed a letter calling on Boris Johnson to bar substandard food entering the UK…Read more…
Major job losses announced at LBG
Unite, a recognised trade union in LBG, has branded the decision by the bank to cut over 1,000 staff in the profit-making bank, a shameful decision. Despite posting strong Quarter Three profits…Read more…
Heathrow catering firm named and shamed
A Heathrow Airport catering company, whose biggest customer is British Airways, has snubbed the government’s extension of furlough until December as it makes more than 1,000 workers redundant. Unite…Read more…
‘Skills, confidence and opportunities’
For over twenty years the Union Learning Fund (ULF) has supported union learning reps and unions across the country build skills, learning opportunities and life chances across the country. The ULF,…Read more…
School support staff and nurses’ safety paramount
As a new national lockdown comes into force from Thursday (November 5), much of the economy will close down as it did in March. But unlike the first national lockdown, schools will remain open – and…Read more…
Biomedical scientists being ‘ripped off’
Biomedical scientists in the frontline of Covid-19 testing at a Lancashire NHS trust are losing about £7,000-a-year because hardline bosses refuse to pay ‘the going rate for the job’. Unite said that…Read more…
Covid by nation
As you will be aware England will go into a second lockdown from 00:01 GMT Thursday November 5. Information from the Cabinet Office on the new national restrictions, including what they mean for…Read more…
‘Stop gap deal’
Londoners can breathe a sigh of relief after London mayor Sadiq Khan successfully negotiated a Transport for London (TfL) funding deal with central government which will keep public transport in the…Read more…
‘We cannot let another bad boss win’
In a corner of our sprawling capital, a massive daylight robbery is underway, but you will struggle to read about it in the papers or hear about it on TV or radio. At this very moment, Heathrow…Read more…
UK faces ‘a winter of shrunken incomes and punishing uncertainty’ warns Unite
As the Jobs Retention Scheme closes the leader of the country’s leading trades union has called on the government to give an exhausted country some hope by bringing forward a plan for the protection…Read more…