Unite has secured assurances from the government today (May 22) after it was confirmed that British Steel has entered insolvency, placing 5,000 direct jobs at risk and many more jobs in limbo in the…Read more…
United against the far right
Unite members in the North West have stood firm against the far-right in a series of recent demos against Stephen Yaxley-Lennon , also known as Tommy Robinson, who is campaigning in the region in the…Read more…
‘Devastating blow’
The Jamie Oliver restaurant group today (May 21) collapsed into administration – with all but three of the restauranteur’s outlets now closed, resulting in the loss of more than 1,000 jobs. …Read more…
‘In the national interest’
Unite has called for British Steel to be taken under public control if a deal cannot be reached between owners Greybull, its lenders and the government that avoids the threat of the company…Read more…
Walkers out?
The prospect of a crisp ‘famine’ in the North West of England has become a stark possibility as corner shops, pubs and supermarkets face supply shortages amid a strike threat from lorry drivers on a…Read more…
More Luton Airport strikes on horizon
Security guards employed by London Luton Airport will step up their campaign against ‘heavy-handed’ shift changes with 12 consecutive days of strike action, including the bank holiday weekend. …Read more…
‘Deeds speak louder than words’
Troubled outsourcing giant Mitie has been accused of sabotaging an anti-bullying campaign being undertaken at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria. Unite has been distributing literature and…Read more…
Back UK steel charter call
Unite threw its full weight behind the industry body UK Steel’s steel charter which is being launched today (May 20) in Parliament, urging the government and big firms to buy British to boost UK…Read more…
‘Service worth investing in’
As the latest Royal baby, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is due to receive a first visit from his health visitor, now is a good time to highlight the continuing travails of the health visiting…Read more…
Keep Britain afloat
Unite is again calling on the government to support British jobs and build the next generation of Naval support ships in the UK as it ramps up its Keep Britain Afloat campaign and celebrates a…Read more…
Stop the far right call
A major advertising campaign aimed at boosting voter turnout to stop the far right in this Thursday’s (May 23) European elections is being launched today (May 20) across towns and cities in the North…Read more…
Building a movement
Young workers from all sectors of the economy are gathering in Eastbourne this weekend (May 18-19) for Unite, the union’s annual young members’ conference. Delegates representing young workers…Read more…
Stop acting and start being YOU!
How do people describe you? Friendly, shy, mean, kind, fake, honest, weird, cool? Do you agree? If you could, would you change the way people see you?
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‘Constant sense of worthlessness’
Concluding the long-running blacklisting case, the High Court heard today (May 17) statements from individual workers describing how blacklisting ruined their lives. From family breakdown to…Read more…
Not just a physical change
There’s been a lot of chatter around the menopause this week – on the BBC, in the papers. Chirpy ladies conversing about their hot flushes and brain fog – which to even get this previously…Read more…
Support UK defence
Unite has hailed the support the union received at a lobby of Parliament earlier this week (May 13), where Unite reps pressed the case for the continued funding of Tempest, the UK’s replacement of…Read more…
Mental health: ‘Must top agenda’
It wasn’t until Davy McCord was hit in the head by his wife, wielding an iPad, that he knew he had to get help. “I was asleep but woke to find I had my hands around my wife’s throat. She…Read more…
Finding a better way
Hi-fi and TV retail chain Richer Sounds has joined a growing number of companies that are giving their employees a stake in the firms they work for. This week, Richer Sounds founder Julian…Read more…
Urgent talks call
Unite has called for urgent talks with the Marshall Group, one of Cambridge’s biggest employers, following the company’s announcement today (May 14) that it plans to move out of the city by 2030….Read more…
British Steel seeks new loan
Unite said it would be seeking urgent assurances from British Steel bosses on Tuesday (May 14) after reports suggested that the steelmaker was in talks with the government about a new loan. It…Read more…