Heathrow Airport bosses were today (2 August) warned against opting to pay millions of pounds in compensation to airlines for cancelled flights and causing passenger misery, rather than going the…Read more…
School holiday hunger hell
Thousands of people across the country took part in a Unite-organised day of action yesterday (August 2) to stop Universal Credit (UC). In 63 separate events in England and Wales, campaigners…Read more…
‘Struggling to cope’
They may not be the most visible staff in the NHS but their behind-the-scenes work is absolutely vital – a staggering 70 per cent of all diagnoses made in the health service involved pathologists….Read more…
Holiday hunger
Universal Credit (UC) is causing thousands of children to go hungry this summer according to a survey by Unite. More than four fifths (79 per cent) of parents in a survey of over 1,000…Read more…
‘Take no-deal off table now’ call
Investment in the UK’s car industry faces collapse from the threat of a cliff-edge Brexit new figures show – leading to renewed calls from Unite for prime minister Boris Johnson to take no deal off…Read more…
‘Save our yard’
Belfast shipyard workers occupied the Harland and Wolff site ahead of a rally that took place today (July 30) calling on the government to save the historic shipyard from closure. In dramatic…Read more…
‘Slippery slope’
Unite has given notice of its intention to ballot members working at the homeless charity, St Mungo’s for strike action after the collapse of Acas talks last Friday (July 26). The ballot of…Read more…
‘Fighting determinedly’
As a rally was held today (July 30) to save the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey sent protesting workers a message of solidarity. He said, “I want…Read more…
‘Best city in the world to work’
Unite has today (July 29) welcomed the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s new ‘Good Work Standard’ as an excellent first step on the road to making work better for millions of Londoners. Unite is…Read more…
No deal Brexit ‘not an option’
Unite has reiterated its call to the government to take a no deal Brexit off the table after Vauxhall chief executive Carlos Tavares warned the car firm may pull out of the UK. Tavares warned…Read more…
‘Fearless, campaigning journalism’
Unite celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Landworker magazine – the oldest trade union publication still in circulation – at this year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival in Dorset with a panel…Read more…
Reversing the cuts
The three largest local government unions, representing 1.4 million employees in schools and councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have today (July 24) submitted a pay claim that…Read more…
No deal, no way!
Unite manufacturing reps from up and down the country descended on Parliament today (July 24) to lobby MPs about the threat of a no deal Brexit. Brandishing placards reading ‘No Deal, No Way’,…Read more…
Feeling the heat?
As temperatures are set to rise well above 30C this week, with a record-breaking 37C on Thursday (July 25) predicted in parts of the South East, British workers are well and truly feeling the heat….Read more…
‘Heed this massive vote’
Nearly 100 fire and rescue staff at Heathrow Airport have joined thousands of other Heathrow workers in voting in favour of strike action over pay, Unite announced this week (July 22). …Read more…
‘Driven to despair’
Library staff in Bradford will be holding a consultative ballot for industrial action as residents face swingeing cuts to the city’s 13 libraries and four museums. Unite announced today (July…Read more…
‘Mighty’ pay rise
Unite members working for Mitie at Sellafield in Cumbria have ended their pay dispute with the outsourcing giant after securing a pay rise of 55 pence per hour it was announced today (July 22)….Read more…
Rural news tops Corbyn’s address
Jeremy Corbyn praised Unite’s Landworker magazine as part of his speech encompassing rural issues at the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival in Dorset yesterday (July 21). Holding aloft a copy…Read more…
Unite launches gambling workplace charter
Unite has launched a workplace gambling charter, which has been created to provide a framework for employers and unions to assist workers who are having gambling problems. It is estimated that…Read more…
‘Our jobs matter’
‘Our jobs and our communities matter’ will be the message from Unite manufacturing shop stewards from across the UK when they travel to parliament on Wednesday (July 24) to meet MPs and demand that…Read more…