In the latest intervention in a Unite dispute against NHS outsourcing, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham today (July 4) responded to Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust’s decision to…Read more…
‘You will not pass’
June 9th last month marked the largest mobilisation of the far right since the 1930s, when about 15,000 people gathered in a racist demonstration in London in support of former English Defence League…Read more…
Extend the vote call
2018 marks 100 years since many women and men workers, including farmworkers, first gained the vote. Unite delegates agreed on Monday (July 2) that now was the time for the franchise to again be…Read more…
Unite hope in the Brexit ‘nightmare’
Unite today (July 3) vowed to mobilise against the cliff-edge brought about by the Conservative government’s abysmal handling of the Brexit process. In a statement passed overwhelmingly…Read more…
Back UK manufacturing jobs call
A number of calls to ensure the future of UK manufacturing were made yesterday (July 2) by Unite policy conference delegates at the Manufacturing Matters fringe. Mick Joyce from Cone Lifts in…Read more…
‘Not on our watch’
Policy conference delegates debated the need to protect defence sector jobs and form a credible path forward for defence diversification today (July 2). Unite assistant general secretary Steve…Read more…
‘Harry Kane of the TUC’
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady hailed Unite in a speech today (July 2) on the first day of Unite’s policy conference and urged Unite, as the largest private sector union, to “lead from the…Read more…
Divided we fall
Unite’s conference today resolved that our union will campaign to encourage all football, fans and supporters’ clubs to take a stand against the Football Lads’ Alliance (FLA).
The post Divided we…Read more…
Winning for members
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey opened the union’s policy conference today (July 1) as he highlighted how Unite was fighting and winning for its members, for social justice and for change….Read more…
Defend our NHS call
Hospitals in England need 74,000 more beds if the NHS is to catch up with healthcare systems in other wealthy European countries, new research shows. The TUC analysis, which found that England…Read more…
‘Positive move’
Unite welcomed a new ‘nuclear sector deal’ announced by the government on Thursday (June 28) that will see £200m invested in the industry. Business and energy secretary Greg Clark yesterday…Read more…
Beware the ‘Trojan Horses’
With the NHS celebrating its 70th birthday, the debate continues to rage over the future funding and structure of the health service as NHS campaigners fight to contain the octopus-like tentacles of…Read more…
‘Undemocratic decision’
Strikes against a decision by an NHS trust to outsource workers are “only the beginning” of the fightback, Unite has warned. The warning came after the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation…Read more…
‘Scrap these plans’
Representatives of workers facing wholesale job cuts as a result of Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) ‘re-organisation plans’ and members of the local community will tomorrow (June 29)…Read more…
‘Serious well-being concerns’
Members of Unite employed by Total E&P working on North Sea oil and gas platforms are set to begin industrial action next month in a dispute over pay and working hours. If strike action…Read more…
Pay us fairly plea
The prospect of residents in Hackney north London, becoming mired in a parking meltdown next month has dramatically increased after peace talks brokered by the conciliation service Acas collapsed…Read more…
Win for young people
Unite celebrated a major victory today (June 28) after Tower Hamlets council announced it had reached an agreement with an outsourcing firm that will now pay young people the London Living Wage…Read more…
Still waiting
Restaurant workers are still waiting for justice a full two years after the government said it would crack down on unfair tipping practices. It’s now been 731 days since the then-business…Read more…
RBS branch closure demo
Unite members and local Labour Party activists will be demonstrating tomorrow (June 27) outside Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) South Street branch in Perth as the branch permanently closes its doors….Read more…
‘No social value’
Unite has called on the government to withdraw its decision to award the contract to privatise the Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters and defence workers, to troubled outsourcing company Capita,…Read more…