Unite has begun balloting workers employed by civil engineering company DSD Construction, at Sellafield, for strike action, after the company sacked the union’s shop steward. DSD Construction,…Read more…
Celebrating migrant workers
More than 7,000 workers have benefited from bespoke educational programmes over the last 10 years that have helped them to improve their language skills and gain employment. The programme,…Read more…
‘Tis the season?
Tis’ the season where advertising for Christmas gifts and festive food goes into overdrive – unfortunately the same can’t be said for people’s frozen wages. Office for National Statistics…Read more…
May’s ‘humiliating’ Brexit defeat
Cross-party MPs united yesterday (December 13) to preserve parliamentary sovereignty by preventing the government from dictating the terms of Brexit. Despite last minute concessions, Theresa…Read more…
New Year with Unite
Skilled manufacturing workers have overwhelmingly voted in favour of having Unite the union represent their interests at Magellan Aerospace in Blackpool. The union will be formally recognised from…Read more…
Arriva bus victory
More than 2,000 bus drivers working for Arriva North West today (December 13) hailed victory in their long-running pay dispute. The workers, members of Unite, voted overwhelmingly to accept…Read more…
‘Groundbreaking’ legal win
Unite is celebrating a groundbreaking legal victory today (December 13) after an employment appeal tribunal ordered that the engineering firm Kostal pays over £420,000 in compensation for trying to…Read more…
‘Fundamental rethink’
The head of one of the largest trusts in the NHS has quit in protest over Tory funding cuts that are crippling the health service. King’s College hospital chair Bob Kerslake, who lead the…Read more…
Heart Centre win
East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC) at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester – which treats children and adults with heart problems from birth – was on the brink of closure after NHS England…Read more…
Lonely this Christmas
A campaign set up to commemorate Labour MP Jo Cox has called for a new welfare system to help tackle the “social epidemic” of loneliness. In a timely reminder that not everyone will be spend…Read more…
‘I felt humiliated’
It’s an open secret – most recently brought to public attention after allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein – that sexual harassment is common in workplaces around the world. …Read more…
‘Families will go hungry’
“Small businesses are the backbone of the UK,” prime minister Theresa May said just over a year ago. But she failed to reveal just how broken this backbone would be under government plans for…Read more…
‘Scrooge’ boss about-face?
Unite has welcomed the decision of the management at the 3M factory in Newtown Aycliffe, County Durham, to reverse their previous pronouncement and allow workers to enjoy a Christmas holiday. …Read more…
‘Pay justice’ now call
Trade unions Unite and GMB have tabled a pay claim on behalf of local government craftworkers, which is seeking a downpayment on ‘pay justice’ for members. The workers who are covered by the…Read more…
Save Bombardier jobs
A Unite delegation representing Northern Ireland Bombardier workers will be in Montreal and Washington D.C. next week for a whirlwind lobbying push to safeguard UK jobs ahead of the US department of…Read more…
Fair pay now
Members of Unite working in local government joined with the pay pinch Grinch to deliver a Christmas card to HM Treasury urging chancellor Philip Hammond to show some Christmas spirit and fund a…Read more…
Mass protest at Tory outrage result
Provocative plans to hold a Tory party celebration at the National Coal Mining Museum have been cancelled following a mass outcry. Shameless Dewsbury County Conservative Association planned to…Read more…
‘Dancing on our grave’
Unite Live caught up with Chris Peace and John Dunn from the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC). Here they express their disgust at the news that shameless Tories are planning to hold a party…Read more…
GE job slash threat
Unite warned General Electric (GE) of cutting ‘too far, too fast’ and demanded guarantees on ‘no compulsory’ redundancies after the firm announced restructuring plans which put the future of 1,100…Read more…
Never forget
A candle light vigil will be held at St George’s Hall tomorrow (December 8) to remember a Liverpool hospital worker employed by ISS who tragically died this time last year, and to continue the…Read more…