This week campaigners have been alerting companies including HCL in Surrey, Barclays in Glasgow, Vodafone in Newbury, Microsoft, in Reading, GSK in Ulverston and Publicis in London, about BA’s…Read more…
Union legend Sarah Chapman’s grave under threat
But such a vital piece of trade union history could be erased to posterity after it has emerged that Sarah Chapman’s grave is now under threat. The Manor Park Cemetery in Newham, London, home to…Read more…
London bus workers’ safety ‘absolutely crucial’
Bus workers are among those who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic at the highest rates –a total of 33 bus workers in London alone have succumbed to the virus since the pandemic began….Read more…
‘For the nation’s benefit’
More than two months on from the promised but yet to emerge government support for the UK’s beleaguered aviation industry, Unite is warning that without urgent action regional economies will take a…Read more…
Boost for post-pandemic economy
A new nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast, with the creation of up to 25,000 jobs during construction, will be a flagship infrastructure project for the post-pandemic economy. Unite, which has…Read more…
Heroes of the year – mental health chaplains
“Heroes aren’t allowed to be scared or frightened – but we’ve got lots of people working in the mental health wards who are frightened. But because of this hero narrative, they feel they can’t admit…Read more…
Production to stay at Nissan Sunderland plant
Car giant Nissan announced on Thursday (May 28) that it will keep its Sunderland plant open, but said it intends to shut its factory in Barcelona. Workers in Sunderland may have breathed a sigh of…Read more…
‘Millions hanging by a thread’
Don’t take that sharp right, Chancellor. Work with those in business and the workplaces, the experts in defending and creating jobs, and you will take the right path for the people and the…Read more…
Airliner easyJet announces jobs cull
Budget airliner easyJet this morning (May 28) has announced job cuts of up to 30 per cent of its workforce, in the latest blow for workers in the civil aviation industry, which has been hit hard by…Read more…
‘Don’t sacrifice jobs in rush to exit furlough’
“This report bears out what we have been saying for weeks now, that removing the furlough support before business has had a chance to recover even slightly could be disastrous for jobs and workers,”…Read more…
‘Never been a more important time’
“That’s the case never more so than now and Unite alone has put on many thousands of new members since the lockdown.
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Safe work, safe travel, strong unions
As the lockdown eases, more and more people will be asked to return to work. But Unite has been clear from the beginning that no one should travel or return to their workplace unless it is absolutely…Read more…
Steel industry vital for ‘sustained economic recovery’
Like so many of the UK’s absolutely vital industries, the steel sector has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus epidemic as orders have plummeted. Unite has long been calling for the…Read more…
Celebrities back Unite’s British Airways campaign
When British Airways announced it would be sacking 12,000 of its workers – despite being a wealthy company that can ride out the crisis and what’s more, there being ample government support to…Read more…
Jobs tsunami this summer?
Responding to speculation that the chancellor Rishi Sunak will soon use a statement to detail changes to the job retention scheme (JRS), Unite has urged the government to proceed with maximum care…Read more…
Agency workers pay victory
Employment agency workers contracted to provide refuse collection services in Sandwell, West Midlands, are being paid 100 per cent of their wages during lockdown, after Unite, the UK and Ireland’s…Read more…
Rescue plan welcomed
The government’s jobs retention scheme, where the state covers 80 per cent of people’s wages for those who cannot work during the crisis, has saved hundreds of thousands, if not millions of jobs. But…Read more…
‘Betrayal of workers – and of Britain’
Unite launched a major UK wide campaign on Friday May 22 against British Airways’ (BA) opportunistic plans to use the Covid-19 pandemic to betray thousands of staff and the public.
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Unite launches BA campaign
Unite will launch a major UK wide campaign today (May 22) against BA’s opportunistic plans to use the COVID-19 pandemic to betray thousands of staff and the public. The company has served BA…Read more…
‘Totally unacceptable’
Thousands of social care staff in England could be falling through the net when it comes to the provision of the £60,000 payment in the event of death due to Covid-19. Serious concern was expressed…Read more…