Edinburgh City Council has today (August 24) backed the Fair Fringe campaign, which will see the living wage and minimum hour contracts introduced at all Council-run venues including the Assembly…Read more…
‘Bogus apprenticeships’
School leavers receiving their GCSE results today (August 24) are looking forward to what the future holds in store. Unfortunately many young people are served a raw deal after they finish…Read more…
‘Dickensian disgrace’
Hairdressers were among the worst culprits in illegally failing to pay their workers the minimum wage in Scotland. In total, 19 companies in Scotland were ‘named and shamed’ by the government…Read more…
Low pay nation
The shocking extent to which low pay has gripped the entire country was laid bare today (August 24) in new figures published by the Labour Party. The analysis of workers in the UK earning less…Read more…
‘No signs of ending’
Every week more than ten high street bank branches close across the UK. According to research from consumer group Which? more than 550 branches are to be shut this year alone. More than…Read more…
Bank holiday bus chaos
London bus passengers face potentially severe disruption this weekend as peace talks, designed to resolve a pay dispute concerning support staff, broke up without agreement. Over 400 Unite…Read more…
‘Strike busters’?
Unite announced it had launched legal action against the catalogue retailer, Argos and two employment agencies today (August 23) after it emerged the retailer was attempting to break a strike by…Read more…
Never forget
On the morning of August 23 1791, in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, there was blood on the ground and liberation in the air. It is 226 years since a group of African slaves – known as…Read more…
Toxic trip?
As the last bank holiday of the summer approaches this weekend (August 28), hundreds of thousands of UK holidaymakers may fly to get to their destination – safe in the knowledge that flying is the…Read more…
Pause for peace
Unite today (August 22) called on British Airways to use a ‘pause for peace’ to enter talks and find a resolution to the long running mixed fleet cabin crew dispute over pay and the sanctioning of…Read more…
Pay justice
Planned refuse strikes in Doncaster due to begin tomorrow (August 24) have been called off after a last minute pay offer was agreed. However Unite has warned that further industrial action is…Read more…
‘Unthinkably bad planning’
The consequences of scrapping nursing bursaries are already starting to materialise, as shock new figures show a big drop in the number of students placed on a nursing course in England. …Read more…
‘On notice’
Unite’s workplace representatives are increasingly reporting that employers are trying to force through pay freezes or below inflation pay offers, citing Brexit as the reason for their actions….Read more…
‘Abhorrent’
The Tories have imposed benefit sanctions lasting at least six months on nearly 6,000 sick and disabled people, shocking new figures show. Department for work and pensions (DWP) data revealed…Read more…
What is ‘rolled up’ holiday pay?
Q: I’ve just started a new job at a warehouse via an agency. I’ve been told I’ll get ‘rolled up’ holiday pay. What does this mean? A: When employers (or agencies) refer to ‘rolled up’…Read more…
RBS in IT staff slash frenzy
The 71 per cent taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) told staff this week that it will slash its IT operations in the UK by 40 per cent, even after a raft of IT glitches that cost the bank…Read more…
‘Name and shame’
Argos has topped the list of companies failing to pay their workers the minimum wage, owing nearly £1.5m in back pay to 12,000 workers, as the government last night (August 16) released its latest…Read more…
‘Turning the screw’
Hardline bosses at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant are turning the screw on the workforce, as they have banned workplace meetings to discuss the current pay dispute, Unite has said. …Read more…
‘No stone unturned’
Unite has warned that it will leave ‘no stone unturned’ if Doncaster refuse contractor Suez presses ahead with breaking the law during forthcoming strike action. Unite has received evidence…Read more…
Brexit ‘band-aid’?
In an initial response today (August 16) to the UK government’s paper proposing steps to mitigate the impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland, Unite said there is little in the proposals to…Read more…