In his 2018 address to the members of Unite, general secretary Len McCluskey has vowed that the union will stay strong and growing despite the challenges ahead. The address is released today…Read more…
Govt chaos causes car slump
Brexit uncertainty and confusion over the government’s diesel policies were among the main reasons to blame for the latest figures showing car sales fell by 5.7 per cent in 2017. Last month…Read more…
‘Dirty loos’ strike
Six schools in Hackney will be left dirty and with rubbish piling up as cleaners gear up for five days of strike action in a dispute over the ‘outrageous’ failure to pay proper holiday rates. …Read more…
Winter crisis
Both prime minister Theresa May and health secretary Jeremy Hunt apologised this week after announcing that all non-urgent operations – more than 50,000 – would be cancelled till the end of the month…Read more…
Colman’s to close
Unite urged Unilever to look again at its business case, following today’s (January 4) announcement that two centuries of Colman’s Mustard production in Norwich will end in 2019. The union…Read more…
Fat Cat Thursday
On the third working day of the year, spare a moment to think of Britain’s fat cats, who have now earned more than the annual salary of an average UK worker. Today (January 4) is “Fat Cat…Read more…
‘Shameful’ decision
The bosses at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford have been accused of ‘ducking and diving’ over a request for an impact assessment on the Lincolnshire economy if the company sheds 300 jobs….Read more…
NHS cash boost call
The continual failure of ministers to address the proper funding of the NHS is plunging the health service into a deep crisis – in the year that the NHS celebrates its 70th anniversary. …Read more…
‘Held to ransom’
As the biggest fare increase in half a decade came into force this week, the TUC has found that UK commuters spend up to 5 times as much of their salary on rail fares as other Europeans. Fares…Read more…
Caring at Christmas
In the final instalment of our working at Christmas stories we meet Mark, an emergency nurse at a central London hospital. He works on a short stay ward which is part of an accident and…Read more…
‘Keep on organising’
While many of the more than 1m workers who work over the holiday period elect to do so, often for premium pay, some workers have no choice. In part 5 of our series on working over Christmas,…Read more…
‘A duty to our patients’
In Part 4 of our series on working over Christmas, we speak to Dr Wasim Baqir, a pharmacist. Wasim works as a national lead in pharmacy for NHS care homes but he also works on the wards at a…Read more…
NHS theatre staffing crisis
Talks are going to be held in the New Year to resolve the crisis in theatre staffing at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Unite said today (December 21). “Because of the draconian…Read more…
Dignity in work call
The statement today (December 21) by Andrea Leadsom regarding the working group into bullying and harassment in parliament, has made some helpful recommendations but much more progress will be needed…Read more…
In the slow lane?
The jewel in Britain’s manufacturing crown is at risk because of Brexit uncertainty and falling wages, Unite warned today (December 21), as production figures showed the number of cars made in…Read more…
End ‘job crushing’ tariffs call
Unite called on the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to set aside today’s (December 20) final determination by US Commerce Department to recommend ‘job crushing’ tariffs of almost 300 per cent…Read more…
Happy new Leaf
Unite signed a landmark deal on behalf of its Nissan members in Sunderland this week, as production began on the firm’s latest electric car. Unite general secretary Len McCluskey travelled to…Read more…
‘Unite is my family’
Khadija Najlaoui’s first experience as a Unite rep will never leave her. Najlaoui was representing a migrant worker in London who was experiencing difficulties in his workplace. “He…Read more…
Profits at what cost?
The return to profitability by the Post Office has been underpinned by ‘slash and burn’ polices which have diminished the organisation, Unite said today (Wednesday December 20). Unite, which…Read more…
‘Homelessness is a national crisis’
Homelessness is a “national crisis” and the Tories are “unacceptably complacent” about tackling it, a cross-party committee of MPs said today (December 20). A public accounts committee (PAC)…Read more…