Unite has a key interest in the delivery of the highest standards of service to the travelling public who use Manchester Airport. The union is also calling for a similar across the board ‘crack down’…Read more…
‘Aghast at the greed’
Privatised Royal Mail is facing furore over its new chairman, after he approved “obscene” and “disgraceful” pay packets for top executives. Les Owen has been appointed chairman despite being…Read more…
‘Get a grip’ call
Bosses of two separate NHS trusts, which are facing strike action next week, have defied guidance from NHS Improvement to pause the creation of new wholly owned subsidiaries. Unite yesterday…Read more…
Regulations bonfire
Tory Brexiteers and a number of right-wing US organisations – both with access to the upper echelons of their governments – have teamed up to produce a UK/US trade deal blueprint that proposes a…Read more…
‘Inherently inequitable’
Doctors in Unite (DiU) has slammed health secretary Matt Hancock for uncritically endorsing the controversial GP at Hand app, which has drawn criticism from the medical community and beyond and is…Read more…
Health visiting ‘in meltdown’
The health visiting profession in England is once more in crisis with all the negative impact on the physical and mental well being of families and children, some of them living in very vulnerable…Read more…
Cheque firm dispute ends
Unite members at Communisis in Crewe have called off strike action after a new pay offer was accepted. The workers, who produce cheques and cheque books, had initially voted for strike…Read more…
‘Come clean’ call
Unite, which represents local authority and care workers, has accused Sandwell council of starving its principal social care provider of funding, resulting in the pay and conditions of workers being…Read more…
Don’t gamble with our jobs
Two of the UK’s biggest car makers have altered their production schedules as automotive sector preparations for crashing out of the EU intensify, leading Unite to warn that the government is…Read more…
Brave stand secures pay win
Staff employed by Menzies at Luton Airport have secured a pay increase of almost 9 per cent after successful negotiations prevented industrial action and delivered significant improvements for the…Read more…
Call for unity to beat Tory cuts
A call for unity was made today (Monday September 17) by Unite, following the adoption of One Member One Vote-Plus (OMOV) by Welsh Labour for the election of its leaders. “Unite is proud to…Read more…
‘Damning indictment of Tory cuts’
Nearly 5m children are living in poverty according to shocking new cross-party analysis that shows povertyOver 15m adults and children in poverty says shocking new report rates are even higher than…Read more…
Govt must heed Bank’s Brexit warning
The governor of the Bank of England issued a stark warning over Brexit to cabinet ministers on Friday (September 13), telling them that a no deal exit could be as economically crippling as the 2008…Read more…
‘An injury to one is an injury to all’
Following its support of a TUC Congress motion against the authoritarian tactics of the Turkish government, Unite has spoken in support of a young Kurdish journalist who is exiled in London after her…Read more…
‘Telling it like it is’
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby became only the third serving archbishop to address the TUC this year at its 150th anniversary on Wednesday (September 13). In Welby’s stirring speech, he…Read more…
‘Telling it like it is’
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby became only the third serving archbishop to address the TUC this year at its 150th anniversary on Wednesday (September 13). In Welby’s stirring speech, he…Read more…
‘We have to be bold’
On Saturday the Labour family in Wales will gather in Cardiff to decide how we elect the leader and deputy leader of Welsh Labour. This fundamental question is part one of the Welsh Labour democracy…Read more…
‘We have to be bold’
On Saturday the Labour family in Wales will gather in Cardiff to decide how we elect the leader and deputy leader of Welsh Labour. This fundamental question is part one of the Welsh Labour democracy…Read more…
Liverpool hospital safety scandal
Unite is urging thorough across the board checks on workplaces which have cladding after it was revealed the unfinished Royal Liverpool Hospital has been encased in flammable material which does not…Read more…
‘Impressive mandate’
NHS staff in York will hold a 48-hour strike over a proposal to transfer them to a wholly owned subsidiary designed to avoid paying tax. Unite, with 100,000 members in the health service,…Read more…