A rural charity is producing a “village survival guide” after a survey revealed that many countryside residents feel isolated and ignored. Unite welcomed the move but said real change to…Read more…
‘Alarmingly high’
At least two abattoir workers are seriously injured in the UK every week and amputations occur at least once a month, shock new figures show. The data – obtained by the Bureau of Investigative…Read more…
‘Stop dithering’
Unite is calling on the government to ‘stop dithering’ as financing problems are set to further delay the completion of the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick, which has been stalled…Read more…
Stop Universal Credit call
Thousands of disabled people on Universal Credit could be paid damages after two severely disabled men who were treated unlawfully while receiving the benefit received compensation. Following…Read more…
Clarity call
A clarion call for clarity on the future of the Moorside nuclear power station in Cumbria on which thousands of jobs will depend has been made by Unite today (August 1). Unite is seeking an…Read more…
‘Without parallel’
Years of mismanagement and cuts to local authority funding have placed the Tory-run Northamptonshire county council in a near-untenable position as it scrambles to provide services to vulnerable…Read more…
Animal welfare spot checks call
Farm animals are being tortured under Britain’s largest farm approval scheme because only one in a thousand inspections are unannounced, leading Unite to call for more spot checks. Disturbing…Read more…
Win against NHS subsidiaries
Unite has claimed victory in the ongoing fight against subsidiaries being set up by NHS Trusts after yet another Trust dropped plans to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary to avoid paying VAT. …Read more…
‘Burning injustice’?
Less than a year ago, prime minister Theresa May called mental illness a “burning injustice”, one that she said she would make “one of [her] absolute priorities.” “I believe that by taking…Read more…
Sheffield supertram dispute continues
A call for constructive pay talks was made this afternoon (July 31) in the Sheffield supertram pay dispute, as a further eight days of strike action were announced. The call came from Unite…Read more…
Bring tank repairs back in house call
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) should take the DSG (Defence Support Group) ‘tanks’ repair’ contract with defence giant Babcock back ‘in house’, Unite said today (July 31). The union’s call…Read more…
‘Crass stupidity’
Unite has described the decision by the official receiver to make redundant 341 Carillion apprentices as an act of ‘crass stupidity’. The decision to make the apprentices redundant was made…Read more…
Govt puts deaf in peril
For nearly 100,000 deaf people in the UK, British Sign Language (BSL) is their primary form of communication. Properly trained and qualified BSL interpreters are a lifeline for these…Read more…
Bogus self-employment rising
Research by Unite has revealed a fresh rise in bogus self-employment in the construction industry. A Freedom of Information request made by Unite to the HMRC revealed that 1.12 million…Read more…
‘Strong show of solidarity’
Unite joined US gas workers — members of United Steelworkers (USW), Unite’s sister union in North America — to stage a demonstration at the National Grid’s AGM in Birmingham this morning…Read more…
Driverless buses?
Plans by Stagecoach to trial the UK’s first driverless bus must prioritise jobs and safety the transport firm has been told. Current legal restrictions mean the single deck bus will only be…Read more…
‘Grassroots campaigning at its best’
Five years on from a remarkable community campaign that saved Lewisham Hospital in southeast London, another grassroots campaign is piling on the pressure to preserve their local NHS services and…Read more…
‘Cliff edge’ Brexit warning
The government must avoid a “catastrophic” hard Brexit Unite has warned, after the Brexit secretary Dominic Raab admitted it was now preparing for no deal to be reached. A cliff edge Brexit…Read more…
‘Inadequate’ pay offer
Workers at a leading crane manufacturer in Sunderland will be striking for two days next month in a dispute over an ‘inadequate’ pay offer. The 28 skilled crane assemblers at Liebherr…Read more…
‘Common sense policy’
As Britons today (July 26) swelter in the hottest day of the year so far – with temperatures soaring well over 30C in some parts of the country amid a relentless heatwave — Unite welcomed MPs’…Read more…