Unite St Mungo’s reps today (January 16) manned a union stall outside the housing charity’s annual staff conference in London in an effort to recruit more members and engage with workers whose terms…Read more…
‘Disgraceful behaviour’
Bumper bonuses for top bosses at NHS Property Services are ‘a disgrace’, as the health service grapples with a funding crisis and growing waiting lists, Unite has said. Media reports said that…Read more…
‘Absolutely essential’
As Unite’s period dignity campaign goes from strength to strength, with more and more employers signing up to commit to providing free sanitary products in workplaces, the union is breaking down…Read more…
Jobs ‘boom’?
The rise in the number of jobs since the financial crisis has come at the expense of quality jobs, new research delving into employment trends of the last decade has found. A Resolution…Read more…
Norfolk’s transport woes
Norfolk’s run of bad luck has led to questions over whether the county’s neglected transport network could be to blame and speaks to issues suffered by many of the UK’s rural areas more…Read more…
‘Secret payments’ scandal
Unite accused Labour-led Birmingham city council of using Tory anti-trade union laws to attack its own workforce in a shameful defence of ‘secret payments’ today (January 15). It follows a…Read more…
‘Much needed’
Unite members have welcomed the launch of the union’s Brexit helpline for EU members, as uncertainty around the Tories botched handling of the process continues to grow. The helpline, launched…Read more…
‘Bright future’
There could be ‘a bright future’ for creative paper innovators Arjowiggins, which went into administration today (January 15), Unite has said. Unite has about 600 members at Arjowiggins which…Read more…
‘Unity of purpose’
Unite said it would be working to ensure the ‘unity of purpose’ shown at the first meeting of the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) development partnership is put into action. The partnership involving…Read more…
‘Absolutely disgrace’
Public sector workers in Jersey, one of Europe’s most prosperous enclaves, are striking over a ‘derisory’ below inflation pay offer from their employer, the cash-rich States of Jersey government….Read more…
‘Meet their just demands’
Kelvin Hopkins Labour MP for Luton North has thrown his full support behind Unite members at Luton Airport who have today (January 14) announced more strikes to demand pay justice. Low paid…Read more…
End bandit capitalism call
Unite has reiterated its call for a full public inquiry and criminal investigations into Carillion, on the eve of the first anniversary of the firm’s collapse on Tuesday (January 15). The union…Read more…
Value unpaid carers call
Unite is backing a call for unpaid carers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to receive the same amount of financial support as their counterparts in Scotland. Unpaid carers in England,…Read more…
‘Devastating blow’
Unite vowed today (January 11) to fight any compulsory redundancies, following briefings that 1,000 job losses were on the cards over the next two years at Ford’s Bridgend engine plant in South…Read more…
‘On the brink’
Unite has joined the chorus of concern over the future of the Wylfa nuclear power station. Hitachi, the company behind the new nuclear power station, said ‘no formal decision’ has been made…Read more…
Government ‘running scared’
The government’s controversial welfare reform, Universal Credit, suffered another defeat today (January 11) after four single mums took on the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in court and won….Read more…
Eurotunnel ‘fiasco’
Unite has called for transport secretary Chris Grayling to resign after it emerged his bumbling no deal preparations for cross channel ferry services ignored Eurotunnel, potentially imperilling…Read more…
‘Caught in the crosshairs’
Against a backdrop of continuing Brexit uncertainty and declining demand for diesel cars, both Ford and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) today (January 10) announced job losses across their businesses…Read more…
‘Hammer blow’ for Norfolk economy
The 200 job losses at water heating manufacturer Heatrae Sadia in Norwich is ‘a hammer blow’ to Norfolk’s economy, Unite said today (January 10). “This is very bad news for the local…Read more…
‘Fobbed off with empty words’
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and trade unions have rejected a putative olive branch from prime minister Theresa May after it was suggested today (January 10) that the government would support a Labour…Read more…