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…
Human Misery
Pressured Royal Liverpool Hospital workers are shown managing a flood caused by decrepit pipes – the tenth in 2018 – in a new BBC documentary that highlights the impact on patients of Carillion’s…Read more…
Nation Grid-lock ends
US workers of the London-listed National Grid this week (January 7) voted to accept a new agreement hammered out by unions, ending a lockout that left the 1,250 gas workers without work or health…Read more…
Extend Article 50 call
As prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal faces continued opposition in Parliament ahead of an MPs’ vote scheduled for next week, Unite leader Len McCluskey today (January 9) reiterated the union’s…Read more…
Extend Article 50 call
As prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal faces continued opposition in Parliament ahead of an MPs’ vote scheduled for next week, Unite leader Len McCluskey today (January 9) reiterated the union’s…Read more…
3m more council homes needed
England needs to embark on the biggest council house building programme in its history if millions of people are to avoid living in unsuitable, cramped or dangerous homes, a cross-party commission…Read more…
‘Shoddy’ pay offer
Four days of strike action, from Saturday (January 12), are on the cards at an East Yorkshire chocolate crumb manufacturer over a ‘shoddy’ pay offer. The workers at Meadow Foods at…Read more…
The doctor will see you now – on Skype?
All patients will have the right to see GPs online within the next five years, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens pledged yesterday (January 7) as he unveiled the new NHS Long-Term Plan….Read more…
Debt mountain
The average British household now owes a massive £15,385 in unsecured debts, according to new research that found the country’s debt mountain has reached record heights. Unsecured household…Read more…
‘Smoke and mirrors’
A new NHS ten-year plan unveiled today (January 7) by prime minister Theresa May and NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens was lambasted by Unite as nothing more than a ‘smoke and mirrors’…Read more…
Car sales ‘cliff edge’
Nearly 6,000 car industry jobs have been lost since 2016 according to new figures revealing the challenges now facing the UK automotive sector, which has seen another year of declining sales. …Read more…
‘Shameful’ pay freeze
Print workers at Suffolk firm, CPI William Clowes, who have been given just two pay rises in the last 14 years, will take a third day of strike action on Thursday, January 17. The workers at…Read more…
‘Terrible blow’
Unite said it would be offering its members maximum support and pursing legal action for compensation over a failure to consult after Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) collapsed into…Read more…
‘Fat Cat’ Friday
For most of us, it takes an entire year to earn enough to pay our bills, feed ourselves and keep a roof over heads– and even then, for those in insecure, minimum wage jobs, full-time work does not…Read more…
Patient safety threat
A New Year campaign has been launched by Unite to stop the pathology services in Kent being outsourced to a ‘profit hungry’ private company. Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health…Read more…
‘Around and around in circles’
Intransigent bus bosses are being blamed for the impending week-long strike on Sunday (January 6) by 650 bus drivers in the north east in a pay dispute, which will cause ‘severe disruption’ for…Read more…
‘National scandal’
As passengers are slammed with year-on-year rail fare rises, the service they receive in return has continued to deteriorate to unsustainable levels, according to a new research. An analysis…Read more…