The UK is one of the most surveilled nations in the world – nearly 6m CCTV cameras watch us as we go about our daily lives. And now, this surveillance culture may be seeping into the…Read more…
‘Shambles’
The UK’s manufacturing sector has slipped two places to ninth in the world as uncertainty over Brexit continues. Unite said the fall showed a worrying decline in the global position of British…Read more…
‘Well deserved’ pay rise
Unite NHS members in Scotland have voted to accept a pay offer put to them July. A consultative ballot resulted in 71 per cent of members voting to accept the three year pay deal, effective…Read more…
Death of a Piper
The following poem was written by John Fyvie, a Piper Alpha survivor. It was recited by Unite regional officer Tommy Campbell at this week’s Reflections on Piper Alpha conference in Aberdeen….Read more…
‘Never again’
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the deadliest offshore disaster in history, when the Piper Alpha platform burst into flames, killing 167 of the 228 people either working on the rig or…Read more…
‘Rewards for failure’
Unite is calling for an urgent review of the fees, major accountancy firms can charge when a company falls into administration, after it was revealed today (August 16) that following Carillion’s…Read more…
‘Difficult and dangerous’
Refuse worker deaths increased by 50 per cent in 2017 new figures show, with staff facing 1,000 incidents of dangerous driving by members of the public everyday. Figures from the Health and…Read more…
Consumers steered wrong
Motorists are being duped by incorrect labelling on inferior tyres flooding the market from Asia, which could be putting thousands of lives at risk, a Unite investigation has found. The…Read more…
Cornwall overcrowding threat
Unite is calling on the government to reform its local funding formula to ensure that Cornwall and other tourist hotspots are better able to cope with peak holiday periods. Unite is further…Read more…
‘Slap in the face’
UK workers who’ve faced a continued wages squeeze are now being doubly hit by rising costs, with regulated rail fares set to rise in January 2019 by a maximum of 3.2 per cent. Commuters will…Read more…
‘Pitiful’ social housing plans
The Tories’ new social housing plans have been branded “pitiful” because they contain no new investment to build desperately needed homes. Housing secretary James Brokenshire said the…Read more…
Fat cat bosses raking it in
There’s no end in sight for UK workers’ wage pain – wage growth slowed yet again in June according to yesterday’s latest labour market figures – but for top chief executives, who have seen their pay…Read more…
Zero-hours contracts down
The government on Tuesday (August 14) hailed the latest labour market figures as it highlighted the fall in unemployment and the first significant drop in zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) in several…Read more…
‘Autumn of anarchy’?
Unite members at Ainscough, the UK’s premier mobile crane company, are preparing to begin balloting for industrial action in a dispute over pay. The 400 plus Unite member are furious that…Read more…
‘Tax haven’ row
A Crewe engineering company, which wants to axe 62 jobs, has not been ‘frank and open’ about the true state of its finances, Unite said today (August 13). Unite is balloting for industrial…Read more…
‘They deserve better’
Cheques and cheque books issued by high street banks and the HMRC are set to be delayed after members of Unite at Communisis in Crewe voted for strike action, in a dispute over pay. The 79…Read more…
Systemic failure
A doctor has successfully appealed a decision to strike her name off the medical register after being held responsible for the tragic death of six-year-old Jack Adcock, who died from heart failure…Read more…
‘Significant victory’
Unite today (August 10) has confirmed that members working at Total’s Shetland Gas plant have accepted an improved pay offer. Following a consultative ballot, 65 per cent of Unite members on a 94 per…Read more…
House of Fraser fears
The poor working and pay practices at Sports Direct should not be transferred to the House of Fraser now that Mike Ashley’s company has acquired the troubled High Street chain, Unite said today…Read more…
‘Short-sighted decisions’
Some temporary agency workers have been found to be working for the NHS for more than a decade at a time, in the process wasting limited health service resources, new research has found. A…Read more…