A rising minimum wage has taken a record number of people out of low pay, but Unite has warned that more must be done to support families who are struggling to get by. A report from the…Read more…
First Bus sell-off announced
Unite, ‘won’t tolerate a single job loss’ at First Bus, as the parent company FirstGroup announced today (May 30) that it intended to sell-off its bus operations in the UK. Unite has about…Read more…
‘Desperate human pain’
The heartbreaking reality of the social care crisis has been laid bare in a new BBC documentary that followed the lives of four Somerset families struggling to survive after years of cuts. …Read more…
Car industry ‘chaos’
Car production in the UK has continued to plummet amid protracted Brexit uncertainty which is threatening the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people and the economic futures of Britain’s…Read more…
‘Preserve and build on Corbyn’s work’
This comment first appeared in the New Statesman on Wednesday (May 29) in response to an earlier comment piece by Paul Mason. It is true, as Paul Mason argues, that one day the left will have…Read more…
Only part of the picture
Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers are more likely than ever now to have a job, but Unite has warned that the latest figures only reveal part of the picture. According to new data from…Read more…
Unite ballot box result as far right quashed
Unite has hailed the defeat of the far right in the North West after a union advertising campaign to stop the likes of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, proved successful. …Read more…
‘Body blow’ for East Anglia
Unite has described the announcement of 140 job losses at the Stowmarket factory of power and garden tool manufacturer Bosch as a further ‘body blow’ for East Anglia. Bosch announced today…Read more…
Walkers strike suspended
Unite has suspended strikes due to begin at the end of this week, on the North West Walkers’, crisps contract, as the worker’s employer Eddie Stobart, has agreed to recognise the union and to…Read more…
Manchester Metrolink strike off
The strike next month by more than 200 workers on Greater Manchester’s Metrolink tram and light railway system has been called off, while the workers are balloted on a new pay offer, Unite said today…Read more…
‘Enough is enough’
Bromley library workers will strike continuously from Thursday, June 6 to demand full staffing of Bromley’s libraries. The strike is also part of a campaign by Unite to give a big pay boost to…Read more…
‘Get the vultures out of our communities’
You would have to have a heart of stone not to feel for British steelworkers right now. Twenty-five thousand jobs at risk, families devastated and until this week without even a short-term…Read more…
‘Farce has to end’
The ‘shambolic’ Conservative party is incapable of governing and a general election is the ‘only honourable’ way forward the leader of the UK and Ireland’s largest union, Unite said today (Friday May…Read more…
Thirsty summer?
Pub and club goers in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the north Midlands could go thirsty this summer if a dispute over drivers being ask to deliver ‘unmanageable loads’ escalates to strike action, Unite…Read more…
‘Invest in us’
Assurances about the future job security of Royal Mail managers is being sought by Unite following the company’s ‘poor’ financial statement this week. Today (Thursday 23 May), Unite, which…Read more…
Workplace dignity call
Unite has echoed the findings of a report by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), on public concerns about the lack of public toilets, and highlighted how it also affects workers. The…Read more…
‘Vicious cost-cutting’
Warehouse workers at DHL Services in West Thurrock, Essex have voted to strike on June 5 over the prospect of a serious deterioration in employment conditions when they are transferred to a new…Read more…
Sellafield workers victimised
Members of Unite employed by troubled outsourcer Mitie, on the Sellafield contract, are experiencing victimisation as a result of undertaking legal industrial action. The shocking revelations…Read more…
‘Unfit for purpose’
The length of GP appointments must be extended to support patients with increasingly complex health needs, doctors have said. The call comes at a time when the average GP appointment is just…Read more…
‘Hugely significant’ case
A key case on trade union law starts today (May 22) when the Court of Appeal hears the appeal of Kostal UK Limited against an employment appeal tribunal (EAT) decision to order the firm to pay 55…Read more…