The spirit of GMB legend Mary Turner will shine on through the many men and women she inspired to join the trade union movement, said Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary. Speaking on the…Read more…
‘Last resort’
Unite theatre staff members employed by Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Warrington Hospital, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over changes to their…Read more…
Boost mental health care call
Unite is calling on the government to reverse the cuts to mental health nursing as the Care Quality Commission (CQC) report, published (July 20), finds that 25 per cent of core mental health services…Read more…
‘Roaring’ forties
Millions of workers in their forties will be forced to work an extra year before retiring, after the Tories announced they are raising the state pension age seven years earlier than planned. …Read more…
Govt ‘scramble’ for medics
Thousands of patients have had to move doctors in the last year due to the widespread closure of GP practices in England, shocking new statistics reveal. Some 202 practices were closed or…Read more…
‘Bribing’ crew attempts slammed
Members of Unite working for British Airways’ mixed fleet yesterday (July 19) announced a further 14 days of strike action amid warnings that the airline’s attempts to bribe people into not striking…Read more…
‘Out in the cold’
Members of Unite will be joining campaigners and concerned families in a march to save 19 Sure Start children centres and up to 50 staff from the axe by Medway Council tomorrow (Thursday July 20)….Read more…
May – help hungry kids plea
With the schools breaking up for the long summer holidays, Liverpool Walton MP Dan Carden appealed to the prime minister to do more to help families worried about how to feed their children during…Read more…
Construction chaos on cards
Construction union Unite has begun balloting its members at HTC Wolffkran for strike action in a dispute over pay. Unite has taken the ‘regrettable’ decision to seek a mandate from its members…Read more…
‘Cruel illusion’
A 0.3 per cent drop in inflation is “cold comfort” for working people whose wages continue to fall in real terms, Unite said yesterday (July 18). The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) June…Read more…
Bus safety now call
Unite bus drivers demanded London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) must implement the findings of the London Assembly transport committee report, Driven to distraction, as a matter of…Read more…
Repeal Bill rights threat
The publication of the Tory’s Repeal Bill on July 13 was greeted with a barrage of criticism and vows to have it struck down in Parliament. Unite warned that the Prime Minister’s pledge to…Read more…
Beware ‘cashless’ society
Unite’s annual political school in Durham, in the week of the inspirational Miners’ Gala, was one of the best that I had attended. It’s an intense three days. This year was no different in…Read more…
‘Failed spectacularly’
A much anticipated review into the gig economy has “spectacularly failed” to deliver protections for those in insecure work, Unite said today (July 11). The union said the review, by former…Read more…
‘Ban zero hours’ call
Young zero-hour contract workers are more like to have worse mental and physical health than people of the same age in stable work, a study has found. The University College London study…Read more…
‘The world is watching’
Striking members of British Airways’ mixed fleet cabin crew today (July 5) protested outside the headquarters of Qatar Airways as Unite announced it had launched legal action over the ‘wet leasing’…Read more…
‘Until we get what we deserve’
More than 700 Unite members walked out of their jobs yesterday during the biggest NHS strike of the year. Hundreds of cleaners, porters and security guards began four days of industrial action…Read more…
‘No pick and mix’
Downing Street has been forced to clarify that it is not removing the 1 per cent public sector pay cap, after pressure from several Tory ministers to do so sparked chaos across the administration….Read more…
A ‘tribute to worker solidarity’
The long-running Woolwich Ferry ‘bullying culture’ dispute has been settled, following ‘a remarkable display of worker solidarity’, Unite announced today (Tuesday July 4). The deal hammered…Read more…
Justice must be done
Unite announced today (Tuesday July 4) that it was providing legal representation for a number of the families involved in the Grenfell Tower tragedy and would be applying for core participant status…Read more…