It all started with what at first glance might appear as an innocent comment here and there. But then the boss persisted. Although Unite member and Woolwich Ferry worker Colleen* had told him…Read more…
Save BAE factory call
Unite will reassert its determination to ensure that manufacturing continues at the BAE factory in Brough, East Yorkshire, tomorrow (November 9). Representatives of the workforce at the Brough…Read more…
Power surge
As winter nears, so too does the prospect of paying sky-high energy bills. Despite the government pledging in October to rush through a cap on energy prices, we know now that the cap won’t…Read more…
Universal Credit crisis
Relentless Tory austerity threatens to plunge a million more children into poverty, a damning new report warns. Experts found the impact of years of Conservative cuts coupled with slashed…Read more…
‘Put a line in the sand’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has written to Gavin Williamson MP, the new secretary of state for defence, requesting he intervenes to prevent a multi-million company robbing the wages of…Read more…
Halt plant closure call
Unite and GMB have written to the independent directors of Britvic plc and copied to the company calling on them to meet community and workforce representatives and halt the proposed closure of the…Read more…
2 Sisters plant reopens
A chicken processing factory that was closed for a month following reports of poor hygiene practises reopened yesterday (November 6), after working with Unite to improve standards. Bosses at…Read more…
Trouble in Paradise?
An explosive data leak – one of the largest of its kind, containing more than 13m documents – showed the extent of tax avoidance among the world’s elite, including powerful and influential people in…Read more…
‘Wage robbery’
Low-paid workers employed by a contractor at the MoD’s Fort Blockhouse in Gosport will stage a wage robbery protest tomorrow (November 7) as a result of their employer cutting their working year from…Read more…
‘Alarm bells ringing’
With alarm bells ringing over consumer confidence and falling car sales, Theresa May and her Conservative government’s continuing uncertainty on Brexit is harming jobs and investment, Unite warned…Read more…
Tribunal victory
A union rep at Bromley council has won her employment tribunal (ET) case which found she was victimised for trade union activities, Unite has announced. Unite Legal Services lodged claims…Read more…
Pressing ahead
Members of Unite employed by Mears in Manchester in housing maintenance roles will begin a programme of 49 days of strikes next week. The strike action begins with a 48-hour stoppage on…Read more…
‘Dismantle’ low pay call
One in five people are still earning less than the Living Wage a new report has found, just as the wage rate increased today (November 6) to £10.20 in London and £8.75 in the rest of the UK. …Read more…
PIP verdict victory
A man with a severe mental illness who was refused proper disability benefits has had the decision overturned at a tribunal thanks to the help of Unite Community volunteers. The vulnerable…Read more…
Disenfranchised
Every time a group of people is disenfranchised, the arguments justifying it are often the same – that they are too immature to vote, that they are politically ill-informed, that they themselves…Read more…
‘What a mess’
The incompetence of this Tory government is so palpable it is almost embarrassing. It’s an incompetence compounded by a heartlessness to those least able to resist. Chaos at the heart of the…Read more…
Access denied
Using the toilet is a great leveller of humanity – even the highest paid fat cats have to “spend a penny”. As such it almost beggars belief that in this age of unprecedented development and…Read more…
Pay justice delay
Unite which represents thousands of social care workers has sharply criticised the announcement by the government today (November 2) about how workers underpaid for sleep over shifts while on duty…Read more…
‘Bogus’ self-employment
The use of ‘sham and bogus’ employment practices and agency worker abuses in the road transport industry is going to be tested at an employment tribunal (ET) in Manchester. Unite today…Read more…
Commit to defence call
Unite today (November 2) called on the new defence secretary Gavin Williamson to reverse the ‘hollowing out’ of Britain’s sovereign defence capability and spend the UK’s defence budget to support…Read more…