Unite has warned that the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) restructuring plans are mired in confusion and the organisation is guilty of failing to properly consult the industry on its…Read more…
GKN takeover decision slammed
Business secretary Greg Clark waved through the Melrose takeover of GKN in a statement today (April 24) in Parliament – a move which Unite has slammed. Clark said that “on the basis of…Read more…
Honouring Mary Seacole
Amid the Windrush immigration scandal, it’s never been more important to celebrate our Commonwealth brothers and sisters and their present and historic contributions. Mary Seacole, a…Read more…
Zero-hours contracts up
Zero-hours contracts are again on the rise, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) published yesterday (April 23). The contracts, which offer no guaranteed…Read more…
A new deal
It’s been nearly a decade of Tory-driven austerity and working families across Britain have endured assault after assault — to their pay, to their terms and conditions, to their public…Read more…
Heed Unite EV strategy call
Unite has cautiously welcomed an agreement between the UK and Michigan to collaborate on autonomous cars and other developments in road transport, warning that it should not be interpreted as a…Read more…
‘Children are the future’
Unite welcomed a new pledge from the Labour Party announced this week (April 19) that would establish an additional mandated health visit for babies 3-4 months – a time that experts say is critical…Read more…
Luton Airport strike ballot
Passengers using Luton Airport this summer could experience significant disruption as Unite announced a series of strike ballots over pay and zero hours’ contracts. Unite is balloting…Read more…
Van workers back deal
Vauxhall van workers have overwhelmingly backed a pay deal that secures investment in the Luton van plant and guarantees jobs for over a decade, Unite announced today (April 20). Just over 68…Read more…
‘We will not be ignored’
Workers at TGI Fridays Trafford Centre in Manchester and Haymarket in London are being balloted for strike action, as the second in a series of rolling strike ballot hits the American dining chain in…Read more…
The difference a Living Wage makes
One in five people working in the UK do not earn enough to live on – that’s about 5m people earning below the Living Wage, a rate calculated by an independent foundation to reflect the real cost of…Read more…
‘Financially squeezed’
About 3,000 NHS workers at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn are facing swingeing hikes to their car parking charges that threaten to wipe out the proposed NHS pay rise. Unite said…Read more…
‘Ambitious plan’
Unite welcomed the Labour Party’s new housing policy review, which was launched today (April 19) by shadow housing secretary John Healy and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The Housing for the…Read more…
Concrete maker row settled
The long running dispute at Essex concrete maker Tarmac Building Products Ltd has been resolved after a deal safeguarding against the creation of a two tier workforce was agreed. The…Read more…
‘We’ll continue to fight’
Unite has vowed to fight the announced closure of a 2 Sisters plant in Cambuslang, Scotland as the union now seeks legal advice to stop up to 450 job losses. In February, plans were first…Read more…
‘Duty of care is to patients’
Home Office immigration officers have asked an East London GP surgery to reveal a patient’s address in what Unite has described as an “appalling” attempt to co-opt health workers into monitoring…Read more…
‘Bitter blow’
UK printing firm De La Rue announced today (April 18) that it would not appeal the government’s decision to hand the contract for making the new blue British passports to a supplier in France. …Read more…
‘Cut to the bone’
A “double whammy” of cuts and rising demand are pushing legal aid and advice workers to the brink and threatening the integrity of the justice system, a new Unite survey has revealed. The…Read more…
Deeside construction site demo
Unite members and fellow trade unionists protested the £800 million energy to waste construction site at Parc Adfer in Deeside north Wales today (April 17) as part of a campaign to stop a ‘race to…Read more…
Windrush: Unite calls for ‘dignity and respect’
Paulette Wilson, 61, has lived in the UK for just over half a century. Part of the Windrush generation – Commonwealth citizens from the Caribbean who were invited by the UK government to settle in…Read more…