Shocking new research has revealed the shame and exclusion UK children in food poverty face in school. The stories behind the statistics on child poverty were thrown into sharp relief by a new…Read more…
‘Green light to criminals’
Visible neighbourhood policing in South Yorkshire is set to be slashed if controversial plans to cut Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are approved, Unite has warned. South Yorkshire…Read more…
Drop red lines call
Unite has warned Theresa May that she must drop her Brexit red lines if her plan to enter talks with Labour to break the impasse over Britain’s future outside of the EU is to be successful. …Read more…
Pathological pay cut
Industrial action is on the cards by pathologists in West Hertfordshire who face losing £10,000 a year in one of the most expensive places to live outside London, Unite has warned. More than…Read more…
‘Shake off complacency’
The performance of the UK’s manufacturing sector would be below the lowest level seen during the 2008 recession if not for four key industries which are now also struggling, damning Office for…Read more…
End privatised prisons call
A prison in Birmingham run by outsourcing firm G4S will be taken back under public control, amid accusations of mismanagement that’s seen violence and drug use soar alongside deteriorating prison…Read more…
Universal Credit ‘horrors’
Fresh demands were made by Unite to stop Universal Credit this weekend. Delegates at the TUC north-west region conference heard a number of shocking stories about the misery the roll out of…Read more…
‘Raw deal’
Unions have warned that the slight increase in wages nearly 2m workers will see from today (April 1) are not enough to end poverty pay. Hourly rates for adult workers aged over 24 will rise…Read more…
Making the ‘impossible dream’ a reality
Thousands of people joined together in Swindon on Saturday (March 30) in a stunning display of solidarity for Honda workers whose jobs are now threatened under a proposed plant closure. The…Read more…
‘Worth fighting for’
MPs are being urged to back the campaign to stop the closure of Honda’s Swindon plant by signing an Early Day Motion (EDM) that calls on the government to deliver on its commitment to work with Unite…Read more…
End unpaid trial shifts call
Pressure is mounting on the government to end exploitative unpaid trial shifts following reports they are being used to cover staff absences. Earlier this month a group of MPs put forward…Read more…
Child poverty up – again
A record 3m children are living in working households in poverty after housing costs have been paid, new figures published this week have revealed. The shocking statistics, published by the…Read more…
HS2 victory
Unite, the construction union, has secured agreement ending the scandal of workers on HS2 being denied the correct overtime rates and deprived of the correct holiday entitlement. The affected workers…Read more…
Choppy waters ahead
The first pay strike by seamen working for Trinity House in more than 500 years is set to launch on Wednesday (April 3). The seafarers, members of Unite, who have a key role in maintaining…Read more…
Shoulder to shoulder
As Honda workers and their supporters gear up for a march and rally in Swindon tomorrow (Saturday, March 30) to save the Honda plant, they’ve been inundated by an outpouring of global…Read more…
‘Searing indictment’
The independent review into the near collapse of the Co-operative Bank is a searing indictment of the now-defunct Financial Services Authority (FSA), Unite has said. The Independent Review of…Read more…
Far beyond Swindon
With workers at Honda’s Swindon plant preparing to march this Saturday (March 30) to save their jobs, Unite has revealed that the threatened plant closure will be felt in high streets as far…Read more…
Agency worker rights delay
Tory ministers have been accused of “over promising and under delivering” after the closing of a loophole that allows agency workers to be underpaid was delayed for a further two years. The…Read more…
Clean up act call
Unite is taking on the airline industry over toxic cabin air as the union announced today (March 28) that legal action has been served in 51 cases against five major UK airlines, including easyJet,…Read more…
‘A disgrace’
Security staff at Southampton General Hospital, who are being attacked in the A&E department, will go ahead with eight days of strike action after talks over the provision of protective equipment…Read more…