York has become the latest battleground in the campaign to stop NHS trusts outsourcing staff to avoid paying tax. Unite is balloting its more than 200 estates and maintenance members employed…Read more…
Asbestos threat
All current as well as about 1,000 former Ministry of Defence (MoD) workers who could have been exposed to asbestos maintaining or repairing Sea King helicopters must be offered checks for exposure,…Read more…
‘Pathetic and patronising’
Crane workers will be protesting outside Sunderland’s Stadium of Light tonight (September 4) in their pay dispute, as bosses try to undermine strike action by buying pizzas and burgers for those…Read more…
Show racism the red card
Unite is welcoming Show Racism the Red Card to the union’s headquarters on Wednesday, September 5 to launch Wear Red Day 2018, which will be attended by former and current footballers. The…Read more…
‘Toxic mix’
Brexit uncertainty and the continued squeeze in wages are combining to form a toxic mix which is hitting manufacturing investment, Unite has warned this week (September 3). The latest UK…Read more…
Fair pay deal call
Some bus drivers in Nottingham and Derbyshire have had to resort to food banks to augment their low wages and a series of strikes are now planned in protest at poverty pay. Unite said that 160…Read more…
Access to justice threat
Workers up against unsafe employers will have little recourse to justice after being forced to pay their own legal fees if injured at work under new government plans. The government is…Read more…
Personal spending squeeze
Four in ten people have less than £6.60 per day to spend on themselves after their bills have been paid, a survey by the Nationwide Building Society has found. In the UK people have on…Read more…
‘Wholly inadequate’
Unite the union has described a pay offer made to the union’s nursing members working on Jersey as wholly inadequate. Unite has described the proposals as being overly complicated and that the…Read more…
Wonga collapses
Payday lender Wonga — which gained notoriety over the last decade for its aggressive debt collection practices, eye-watering interest rates and dogged tax avoidance — collapsed into administration…Read more…
‘Solidarity not charity’
Mary*, mother of three children ages 7,5 and 2, has little faith in the social safety net that’s supposed support her and her family. “The Job Centre just isn’t interested in helping someone…Read more…
‘Draconian’ dress code
Unite has described a new ‘appearance and standards’ code for all staff employed by south Yorkshire police as being ‘draconian’ and not reflecting society. The code was introduced without…Read more…
‘Seriously out of line’
Private tenancies are “unaffordable” for the majority of low income families because housing benefit is “so seriously out of line” with renting costs, new research has found. Struggling…Read more…
‘Cliff edge’ Brexit threat
UK car manufacturing output fell by 11 per cent in July compared to the same month last year new figures show – as Brexit uncertainty continues to plague the automotive sector. The latest…Read more…
Gambling with workers’ livelihoods
Gig economy baron Mike Ashley has been told by Unite to stop gambling with workers’ livelihoods after he attempted to pin blame on landlords for any future job losses at House of Fraser stores….Read more…
‘Cop-out option’
Tory-controlled Westminster Council has spent more than £1m on ‘gagging’ orders, prompting criticism from many including Unite. According to information obtained by Left Foot Forward in a…Read more…
‘Joke’ insolvency plans
Planned government action on dodgy bosses who use insolvency to avoid paying wages and pensions are a “joke”, Unite has said. Bosses who dissolve their companies to get out of paying workers…Read more…
‘Daily trauma’
Ambulance crews are not getting enough mental health support Unite has warned, as new figures reveal that one in ten staff at one of the UK’s largest ambulance services have taken time off in the…Read more…
Driven to distraction
When Tan Rashid gets home after a shift the exhausted Middlesborough bus driver sits quietly in a dark room. Unite member Rashid said, “We have a high percentage of drivers who go off with…Read more…
‘On the right track’
The British press is the least trusted in Europe – even below non-EU countries such as North Macedonia and Serbia. This may not be a surprising statistic, given the British press’ massive…Read more…