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…
Seven months’ food supply warning
Britain could only sustain itself on home-grown produce for seven months in the event of a Brexit that prevented food from easily being imported from the EU and abroad, according to new research….Read more…
Sainsbury’s talks continue
Unite held three hours of talks with Sainsbury’s management yesterday (August 8) when, Unite national officer for the food industry Joe Clarke said, the union “made robust representations…Read more…
Unpaid leave plan slammed
Cash-strapped Somerset county council’s plan to ask its workforce to take two days unpaid leave in each of the next two years is a result of its own financial incompetence, Unite said today (August…Read more…
Worse off
Workers at a leading crane manufacturer in Sunderland will be starting a series of strikes tonight (August 9) in a dispute over an ‘inadequate’ pay offer. The workforce at the Liebherr…Read more…
‘Clear act of discrimination’
London bus driver Marcia Carty drives her bus every day wearing her standard work uniform. But like many people practicing certain religions, she also wears a symbol to observe her faith. In her…Read more…
‘Profit-hungry tentacles’
How the private sector has extended its profit-hungry tentacles across the NHS hoovering up lucrative contracts should come under the scrutiny of MPs when parliament returns in the autumn. The…Read more…
More funding for GP services call
Doctors in Unite (DiU) has joined the call for further investment in general practice, after the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) urged a £2.5bn cash injection on top of the extra NHS…Read more…
‘Significant decision’
Unite has reached an agreement which bans workers from being employed via exploitative umbrella companies on a major highways contract in the North West of England. The agreement to ban…Read more…
Backing construction workers
Crawley Council is giving its backing to a Unite Construction Charter that seeks to ensure that conditions for workers on construction projects under local authority control in Crawley meet the…Read more…
End ‘fountain for profit’ call
Water may seem as natural and ‘free’ a resource as they come – it falls from the sky after all, and it’s essential to all forms of life. But in the UK and increasingly around the world, water has…Read more…
‘Outrageous attack on pay’
Unite has launched legal action on behalf of a group of low paid workers employed at Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishments in the Gosport area who have had their working year unilaterally cut by…Read more…
‘Battle for fair pay’
Over 100 low paid cleaners at Luton Airport employed by Sasse Group are calling for their pay to be brought in line with the real living wage of £8.75. The workers who are responsible…Read more…