NHS staff in England are being hit with substantial parking fees which totalled nearly £70m last year – a situation that Unite has slammed as a ‘tax on going to work’. New figures from NHS…Read more…
‘Betrayal of children’
Health visitors and school nurses face “savage” cuts Labour’s shadow health secretary told delegates at the Unite and Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association conference today…Read more…
‘Uncertain time’
Unite, which represents airport staff, is seeking urgent answers and reassurances, following yesterday’s announcement (October 15) that Swissport has lost the Ryanair baggage handling contract to…Read more…
‘Looking rosy’
Cider making in Somerset has undergone a renaissance since 2016 when it looked like The Shepton Mallet Cider Mill would close ending a cider-making tradition in the town stretching back to 1770….Read more…
‘Tip of the iceberg’
A new database shows that 124 mainly left-leaning organisations – including trade unions and anti-racist groups – were spied on for decades by undercover police. Unite said the list, compiled…Read more…
‘Unsustainable’ workloads
Mental health workers are struggling under unsustainable workloads, an NHS watch-dog has found. Unite called for better funding for mental health services to deal with the issue, with Labour…Read more…
Unanimous vote
Unite members at Cammell Laird gave their unanimous backing to hold a ballot for industrial action today (October 15) over bosses’ plans to slash approximately 40 per cent of the Birkenhead…Read more…
‘Here’s to the next 100 years’
Unite’s finance sector, which has 130,000 members, is among the union’s largest groups. Unite has long campaigned tirelessly on issues important to finance members, including on pay, job security,…Read more…
‘Severe staff shortages’
Falling numbers of EU nationals working in the NHS have sparked fears that already worrying staff shortages in the health service will only be further exacerbated post-Brexit. The latest…Read more…
‘Misery-causing monster’
Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey admitted yesterday (October 11) that Universal Credit (UC) will make people worse off – as pressure increased on the government for it to be scrapped. …Read more…
‘Blow to UK shipbuilding’
Ship workers’ union, Unite, called on Cammell Laird bosses to come clean on the business case for slashing over 290 jobs at the firm’s Birkenhead shipyard today (October 11), and demanded that the…Read more…
‘National disaster’
The collapse of Carillion in January left half constructed buildings and disrupted public services up and down the country, causing misery for thousands of workers and costing the taxpayers millions….Read more…
‘Do the right thing’
Payment of bills to Newham council’s suppliers ‘could grind to a snail’s pace’, if a dispute involving finance staff who process the payments is not resolved, Unite warned today (October 11). …Read more…
‘National emergency’
At least 450 homeless people in the UK have died on the streets or in temporary housing over the past 12 months, according to an investigation that exposes the “national emergency” of homelessness….Read more…
‘Depth of anger’
The first industrial action at leading Derbyshire crane manufacturer Street Crane for 20 years is due to take place as the company has been unwilling to engage in constructive pay talks, Unite said…Read more…
Tesco pay row
Deliveries to Tesco stores in Yorkshire and the north east could be under threat, if a pay dispute at the company’s Doncaster distribution centre escalates, Unite the union warned on Tuesday (October…Read more…
‘Massive’ pay inequality
Gatwick Airport workers, who look after an estimated 670,000 passengers annually, many with disabilities, are being balloted for strike action in a row over a ‘massive inequality’ in pay. …Read more…
‘Flawed and unfair’
Today’s World Mental Health Day (October 10) should be the catalyst for Work and Pensions secretary Esther McVey to scrap the controversial Universal Credit (UC) welfare system, Unite has said….Read more…
‘Ludicrous’ cuts
Unite called on the chancellor Philip Hammond to rule out rumoured cuts to subsidies for electric vehicles amid yesterday’s (October 8) climate change warnings from the United Nations…Read more…
Solihull shut down
News that Jaguar Land Rover will shut its Solihull plant for two weeks is a sign of the pressure being faced by the UK’s leading car producer. The two week shut down from 22nd October will…Read more…