Engineering giant GKN’s defences were bolstered against a hostile takeover by Melrose yesterday (January 22), after sales forecasts for its electric car parts division were boosted. Unite,…Read more…
Sainsbury’s jobs slash
Retail giant Sainsbury’s today (January 23) announced that it is now consulting with staff over proposed changes to its management structure, which could see substantial job losses. The…Read more…
Uncertainty stalls carmaker
Britain’s largest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover announced today (January 23) that it would be temporarily cutting production of two of its models as it fights flat-lining demand in the UK amid Brexit…Read more…
‘Pay shambles’
Bus drivers ferrying passengers to and from planes at Gatwick Airport started voting for strike action today (January 23) after their employer offered a 0 per cent pay increase. Unite has…Read more…
‘Something very wrong’
The appalling gap between the richest and everyone else on earth has been revealed ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Analysis from Oxfam found that 82 per cent of all money generated…Read more…
Pay cuts threat
Tarmac Building Products Ltd is set to be hit by a series of strikes when Unite start a programme of industrial action next week in a dispute over cuts to pay and two-tier working. The…Read more…
‘Helpful’ meeting
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey held talks in Paris over the future of the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port this morning (January 22) with the car maker’s French owner PSA group. …Read more…
‘In your corner’
The future may be uncertain for about 20,000 directly employed UK workers of outsourcing firm Carillion after its collapse, but there’s an even bigger question mark hanging over Carillion’s…Read more…
Paid not to work?
Responding to the Adam Smith Institute, Unite has warned against letting the global elite in Davos buy people off with universal payments in exchange for unemployment. A new report from the…Read more…
‘Govt should hang head in shame’
The government has heeded trade unions’ calls to set up a national taskforce in support of workers and businesses hit by outsourcing firm Carillion’s collapse. Unite has welcomed that the…Read more…
A ‘blight affecting millions’
A quarter of the poorest households are struggling with bills or debt, with 10 per cent forking out more than a fourth of their salary on credit card payments, a report has found. The…Read more…
Sellafield strikes off
A strike by members of Unite scheduled for next Tuesday (January 23), which would have created widespread disruption at Sellafield, has been called off to allow for negotiations aimed at resolving…Read more…
Tory council demonises homeless
A Unite Community activist who volunteers with the homeless has blasted shameful Tory councillors for neglecting rough sleepers and “demonising” them in a tasteless advertising campaign. …Read more…
PFIs slammed
The Tories threadbare defence that private firms delivering public services saves the taxpayer money was shredded today, after the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed the use of privateers costs up…Read more…
‘Unnecessary’ housing misery
Unite has accused the management of Vivark, which provides housing maintenance services for thousands of tenants in Knowsley, Merseyside of being ‘pig headed’ for their blinkered approach to an…Read more…
‘Fantastic boost’
Unite hailed the skills and hard work of Airbus workers today (January 18) after the airline Emirates signed an agreement to order up to 36 additional A380 aircraft. Describing the news as a…Read more…
Tracking row
EDF Energy bosses have been accused of hypocrisy over the introduction of a vehicle tracker system for workers installing smart meters, but ruling them out in their own company cars. Unite,…Read more…
Turning point
Workers gathered for mass union meetings at the gates of all five Bombardier sites in Northern Ireland today (January 18), on the eve of a critical US International Trade Commission (USITC) decision…Read more…
Crossrail strike
The multi-billion pound Crossrail development is set for further delays as Unite, the UK’s construction union, has announced further strikes on the Woolwich section of the project, in an escalating…Read more…
Outsourcing scandal
Controversial outsourcing Bromley council faces strike action by workers at two of its contractors that could hit libraries and care services in the borough. The ballots for strike action by…Read more…