Unite national officer for health Sarah Carpenter said, “A story appeared in The Guardian today (March 9) about an impending pay deal for NHS staff. “Unite, along with fellow NHS unions, has…Read more…
Strings attached
Unite has called attention to growing numbers of employers using pay increases as an excuse to attack other benefits, following Sainsbury’s offer to staff of a wage increase that “robs Peter to pay…Read more…
Luton Airport pay row
Workers at London Luton Airport are up in arms over a pay offer which is almost half the rate of inflation despite sky high increases for the bosses and record passenger numbers. The latest…Read more…
Justice for cancer victims
Workplace disability discrimination protection for cancer victims has been widened as a result of a landmark legal case taken by Unite. The legal victory will ensure that people suffering with…Read more…
GKN-Dana merger
Unite called for assurances on jobs and investment after details of a proposed merger between GKN’s Driveline division and Dana emerged today (March 9). Responding to news of a possible tie…Read more…
999 staffing crisis
In the latest example of a mounting staffing crisis in the NHS, it was revealed that the London Ambulance Service (LAS) is struggling to answer all 999 calls because of a shortage of call handlers….Read more…
‘Tinkering around the edges’
Housing campaigners were left disappointed this week after prime minister Theresa May revealed policies that did little to tackle a shortage that’s been plaguing the UK for years. Planning…Read more…
‘Determination for change’
Unite Community activists in Durham are highlighting the disproportionate effect of Tory cuts on women during International Women’s Day today (March 8). Unite Community Durham branch activists…Read more…
A Brexit for women
Women’s voices are missing from the Brexit debate, missing from the table and it’s time that changed. This was the message from Unite’s London and Eastern region Women and Brexit event held in the…Read more…
Women rising up
A collective platform of women and women’s organisations in the UK launched this week to raise awareness of and campaign against the Turkish invasion of Afrin, an area of Northern Syria. The…Read more…
Glass ceilings and sticky floors
The TUC Women’s Conference, the democratic voice of women at work, is convening today (March 8) International Women’s Day at Congress House to discuss the issues of low pay, pay restraint and the…Read more…
Because change never comes from above
One hundred years ago was the beginning of equal rights for women in Britain. But the limited right to vote introduced in 1918 was not gifted to women by parliament, it was achieved by the heroic and…Read more…
‘Fractured and flawed’
Carillion’s collapse should have served as a loud and clear warning against the dangers of privatisation, but as Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters now face being outsourced, the government has…Read more…
Invest in UK call
The boss of Vauxhall has said Brexit uncertainty is threatening the future of its Ellesmere Port plant. Unite agreed that the government’s shambolic handling of the Brexit process is…Read more…
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’
Thousands of workers at supermarket giant Sainsbury’s face ‘a robbing Peter to pay Paul’ pay offer, Unite said today (March 6). Unite said that that the firm’s proposal to increase pay to…Read more…
‘Wake-up call’
Apprenticeships started during the present academic year have dropped by 26.5 per cent compared to the previous year – a drop Unite says is due to the botched rollout of a new apprenticeship levy….Read more…
MPs grill Melrose bosses
MPs grilled Melrose executives today (March 6) over their takeover bid of engineering giant GKN at a business select committee hearing, where Unite representatives also gave evidence. The…Read more…
Car figures down
The latest car figures out today are a cause for deepening anxiety with the government’s confusion over diesel cars compounding faltering consumer confidence and Brexit uncertainty, Unite warned…Read more…
‘Catalogue of failure’
The government was informed of a plan to retrieve more than £360m from Carillion – helping to shield the public purse from the cost of the firm’s collapse and preventing losses to workers’ pensions –…Read more…
‘Burning injustice’
The government’s green paper on transforming children and young people’s mental health provision in England lacks the boldness and scope needed to address the ‘burning injustice’ of young people’s…Read more…