Unite will shine a spotlight on the accelerating privatisation of GP services and its detrimental impact on patients at a demo in Tower Hamlets in London on Thursday (November 21). Unite has…Read more…
‘Why not us?’
Unite is gearing up to mark Living Wage Week with demos outside two London hotels on Wednesday (November 13) as the union seeks to highlight low pay in the hospitality sector. The demos,…Read more…
‘Milestone’ for British Steel
Unite has cautiously welcomed news that the Chinese company Jingye is set to purchase British Steel. Jingye has said it will invest about £1.2bn over the next decade and pledged to…Read more…
Thousands receive pay rise after Living Wage hike
More than 200,000 workers are set to get a pay rise on Monday (November 11) after the charity the Living Wage Foundation upped its rate to £9.30 an hour. The Foundation, which annually sets…Read more…
Evils of insecure work
Ken Loach’s new film Sorry We Missed You confronts the viewer with the depressing reality of being caught in the grinding poverty of low paid insecure work.
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‘Ambitious and radical’
Jeremy Corbyn vowed to take action against “tax dodgers, bad bosses and big polluters” as he took aim at Britain’s “corrupt system” at the launch of Labour’s general election campaign yesterday (31…Read more…
Meaningful change at RBS?
Unite urges new RBS CEO to address staff concerns.
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‘Positive future for Bombardier’
Unite welcomed the news that Bombardier has been sold to US firm Spirit AeroSystems in a deal worth around £1bn, saying that investment for growth must follow the sale.
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‘Pushed against the wall’
Pathologists at a north east London NHS trust will strike on Monday (November 4) for a week in a dispute over new shift patterns which, it is claimed, could compromise the integrity of patients’…Read more…
‘Bullying culture’ at RSPCA
Endemic bullying and pay issues are driving RSPCA staff out of their jobs, Unite has warned. The RSPCA is facing a “recruitment and retention” crisis that risks impacting upon the animal…Read more…
‘Glaring unfairness’
Hospital trusts across England have raked in millions of pounds in car parking charges levied on staff, patients and visitors alike. Scores of NHS trusts raked in more than £1m on parking…Read more…
NHS ‘offered on a platter’
The government has held secret discussions with US drug companies about NHS medicine prices, despite Boris Johnson’s claims that the health service would not be included in any post-Brexit trade deal…Read more…
‘Double hit’
Women in their 50s face the largest gender pay gap, a shock new report has found, with women in of that age earning on average £12,508 less than men in the same group – a gap of 28 per cent. …Read more…
Unfairly singled out?
Unite reasserted its solidarity with the Grenfell community and London firefighters today (October 29) after parts of the inquiry into the tragedy that criticise the London Fire Brigade were leaked…Read more…
Building trust
Building trust is the key to engaging with Black and Asian ethnic minority (BAEM) communities — who face serious health inequalities such as higher rates of infant mortality. This was an…Read more…
Under the bonnet of ‘dodgy’ deal
Leaked papers show that the government is planning to demolish workers’ rights after Britain leaves the EU. Unite accused prime minister Boris Johnson, who has broken his “do or die” to…Read more…
A giant of our movement
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey spoke on Friday (October 25) at the launch of a new biography of renowned Scottish trade unionist and politician Jimmy Reid, entitled Jimmy Reid: A Clyde-built…Read more…
‘Fed-up’ health visitors again vote to strike
More than 70 Lincolnshire health visitors have voted by a large majority to strike in the long running pay dispute over county council plans to ‘divide and rule’ over future job roles. Unite…Read more…
Payday ‘vultures’ on brink of collapse
Payday lender QuickQuid is the latest loan shark to shut down after a wave of compensation claims from victims of predatory practices. US-based Enova, which owns QuickQuid, announced on…Read more…
‘Permanent tribute’
A jet engine subject to a workers’ boycott in Scotland during the 1970s because it was to be used by murderous Chilean dictator General Pinochet’s airforce was unveiled as a monument to the…Read more…