One of the UK’s biggest berry farms is moving part of its operations to China because it claims it can’t find enough workers. However, Unite said the agricultural sector would be able to find…Read more…
Manchester Mears win
Unite members employed by Mears in Manchester are celebrating victory after they reached agreement to end their marathon strike action in a dispute over pay parity. The 180 members, who were…Read more…
Skills ‘black hole’
News that the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has confirmed it will end all directing training by 2020, will create a skills black hole and strip the industry of the capability to…Read more…
‘Shamelessly bamboozled’
“Parasitic” financial advisors have “shamelessly bamboozled” British Steel pension scheme members, according to MPs who have warned of “another major mis-selling scandal” conducted under the noses of…Read more…
Reject takeover call
The bid for ownership of long-standing British engineering firm GKN will be paid for through hefty debts and damaging restructuring that will make the company unstable and unsustainable, according to…Read more…
Steel – still challenges ahead
The last couple of years have been very rocky for Britain’s steel industry, as the UK’s major players – including Tata, SSI and Caparo – announced sell offs, shut downs and redundancies. There…Read more…
‘Alice in Brexit-land’
Unite members from the Ireland region gathered in Belfast on Monday (February 13) to discuss the growing danger of a hard Brexit to the peace and prosperity of the pivotal region and formulate plans…Read more…
Hotel chain must ‘clean up’ its act
Shocked Channel 4 Dispatches viewers have been contacting Unite today (February 13) following the investigative documentary report last night (February 12) after Dispatches lifted the lid on worker…Read more…
New fears for Melrose bid
The national security of the United States could be jeopardised if the takeover of UK defence contractor GKN by investment company Melrose goes ahead, Unite has warned. Unite has written to…Read more…
Press giants merger fears
Urgent consultations on the job implications of Trinity Mirror’s purchase of Northern & Shell, publisher of the Daily Express, are a priority, Unite said today (Friday February 9). Unite…Read more…
‘Sense of betrayal’
Unite said it would leave no stone unturned in the fight to save jobs and avert the closure of three poultry plants after 2 Sisters Food Group announced plans to close its Cambuslang site in Scotland…Read more…
‘Job limbo’
The boss at the Royal Liverpool Hospital has refused to meet Unite over the future of maintenance staff now in employment limbo because of the controversial Carillion collapse. Unite said that…Read more…
‘Stop bleeding councils dry’ plea
Nearly all of England’s local authorities are planning council tax hikes this year, as they battle desperately to stay afloat after years of brutal funding cuts. Unite warned the moves will do…Read more…
Prioritise help for workers plea
Nearly 1,000 workers have lost their jobs so far as a result of the Carillion disaster – with more feared to be on the way. A further 101 redundancies announced today (February 8) by the…Read more…
Living wage pledge win
Hundreds of staff working for the University of Cambridge are set to receive a boost to their pay packets after the university signed up to the living wage thanks to Unite. The union hailed…Read more…
‘Living in a parallel universe’
Carillion’s greedy bosses caused outrage yesterday after shamelessly refusing to return the massive bonuses they received while the company sank. Unite branded their refusal “a slap in the…Read more…
EDF smart meter strike
Strike action by EDF Energy smart meter installers in London is set to escalate in the row over the imposition of tracker devices in vehicles, and also random drug and alcohol testing. Unite, …Read more…
Unite: End worker abuse now call
Courier driver Don Lane was, according to the company DPD for which he worked, self-employed. But he was a far cry from being his own boss – he did have to answer to a supervisor. He…Read more…
‘Jackpot payday’
Bankers, financiers, lawyers and public relations executives stand to rake in millions as part of a massive payday totalling around £140m if Melrose succeeds in its ‘debt fuelled’ bid for the…Read more…
Where ‘guardians’ dwell
Walk past a boarded up or disused building in London and you may spot a sign informing passers-by that the property is “protected by live-in guardians”. Used primarily to deter squatters and…Read more…