Unite called for a public inquiry into the collapse of Carillion and for it to cover the government’s approach to the awarding of contracts, following the Dispatches programme shown yesterday (August…Read more…
Cruel regime overhaul call
The taxpayer is estimated to be spending over a £100m a year on benefit appeals by sick and disabled people – even though more than two thirds of tribunals rule in favour of the claimant. The…Read more…
‘We’re not going anywhere’
TGI Fridays workers are set to continue in their fight for fair tips as they down tools over the bank holiday weekend. Workers at two TGI Fridays branches in Covent Garden in London and Milton…Read more…
‘I say join us’
TGI Fridays workers at Covent Garden, London and Milton Keynes will be striking for the fifth time this bank holiday weekend. Their colleagues at TGI Fridays in Stratford City, London will be joining…Read more…
‘Flagrant’ discrimination
In the 1950s and 60s, many people were unable to find housing through private landlords because they were black or Irish. While those days may be long gone, another form of housing discrimination is…Read more…
The generation gap
Young people in the South West are struggling in low-paid, insecure jobs as their older peers fare better, according to new TUC research showing a growing generational pay gap. The wage gap…Read more…
Flatlining wages
Average wages are still £13 a week lower than 10 years ago, according to new analysis from an economic think tank. Research from the Resolution Foundation shows average earnings in real terms…Read more…
‘Obvious’ conflict of interest
A court case that ultimately granted Uber back its London operating licence may have been compromised, following revelations over a conflict of interest that prompted the presiding magistrate to step…Read more…
End austerity call
The government today (August 21) announced its biggest budget surplus in nearly two decades – a development Unite says is proof that needless austerity must end. Experts had estimated a July…Read more…
Party like it’s 2008?
Former employees from the defunct Lehman Brothers investment bank, which played a key role in the 2008 global financial crisis, are planning a party on the 10th anniversary of its collapse – a move…Read more…
‘Exporting superpower?’
Tory ambitions to turn the UK into a “21st Century exporting superpower” have been lambasted as “hot air” . Unite described the government’s post-Brexit ambitions, laid out by international…Read more…
‘No-frills’ lifestyle out of reach
The government’s so-called National ‘Living Wage’ (NLW) is anything but, as new research shows families with two parents working full-time on the statutory minimum will not earn enough to support…Read more…
‘Crippling’ household debts soar
While the government celebrated a record budget surplus today (August 21), ordinary people are barely keeping their heads above water in a sea of outstanding household debt approaching £19bn, new…Read more…
Surveillance nation
The UK is one of the most surveilled nations in the world – nearly 6m CCTV cameras watch us as we go about our daily lives. And now, this surveillance culture may be seeping into the…Read more…
‘Shambles’
The UK’s manufacturing sector has slipped two places to ninth in the world as uncertainty over Brexit continues. Unite said the fall showed a worrying decline in the global position of British…Read more…
‘Well deserved’ pay rise
Unite NHS members in Scotland have voted to accept a pay offer put to them July. A consultative ballot resulted in 71 per cent of members voting to accept the three year pay deal, effective…Read more…
Death of a Piper
The following poem was written by John Fyvie, a Piper Alpha survivor. It was recited by Unite regional officer Tommy Campbell at this week’s Reflections on Piper Alpha conference in Aberdeen….Read more…
‘Never again’
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the deadliest offshore disaster in history, when the Piper Alpha platform burst into flames, killing 167 of the 228 people either working on the rig or…Read more…
‘Rewards for failure’
Unite is calling for an urgent review of the fees, major accountancy firms can charge when a company falls into administration, after it was revealed today (August 16) that following Carillion’s…Read more…
‘Difficult and dangerous’
Refuse worker deaths increased by 50 per cent in 2017 new figures show, with staff facing 1,000 incidents of dangerous driving by members of the public everyday. Figures from the Health and…Read more…