June 8 will be remembered by England’s next generation of nurses and health professionals as the day their professions’ fates were decided. If the Conservatives win, bursaries for nursing,…Read more…
‘No friends of the North’
The Conservative party is ‘no friend of the North’ but instead the party of the ‘leafy shires and the lucky few’, Unite warned on Monday (May 29). Billboards carrying that message will appear…Read more…
‘Unjust’ pay rates
Private contractor Mears, which is at the centre of the housing strikes in Manchester, has been discovered to be using the low rates on its Manchester contract, to suppress pay rates in other areas,…Read more…
Argos loses High Court bid
A High Court judgement thwarting a further attempt by the retail giant Argos to stop a two-week strike was hailed as a ‘significant’ victory by Unite today (May 26), as it urged the company to stop…Read more…
Tax justice
During spring 2016 the country was rocked by a leak from the Mossack Fonseca legal firm in Panama that exposed the shadowy and complicated network used by the global super rich to avoid paying tax….Read more…
Paying to work
Kettering General Hospital staff struggling under seven years of public sector pay freezes will have to pay £20 a day for parking for fourth months as a new car park is built. The charges were…Read more…
Football’s cash cows?
In the first of our new series of features on equal access for sports, Adam Heppell asks are the ticket prices clubs charge their fans good value for money? Football fans everywhere, ask…Read more…
‘Totally useless measure’
Unite has slammed suggestions that nearly a million zero-hour contract workers be given the “right to request” fixed hours as “useless”. Responding to reports that a government inquiry will…Read more…
Modern work
What is happening in the world of work is understandably an issue in the general election. But it is worth remembering that last year the Conservative Government commissioned an Independent Review of…Read more…
‘Chaos and confusion’
Theresa May was forced into a humiliating U-turn today (May 22) over the Tories’ “dementia tax” manifesto pledge – just four days after she announced it. May rowed back after it became…Read more…
‘Catastrophic consequences’
The Conservative’s plan to reduce immigration to the tens of thousands would cause “catastrophic economic consequences”, a study by an employer-backed think tank shows. The Global Future…Read more…
Raking it in
Among the Tory party’s top wealthy donors is a businessman who has been interviewed under caution by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over corruption, money laundering and bribery. The latest…Read more…
Pay your dues
Unite today (May 19) called on the new owners of Transline to break with the past by building a new constructive relationship with both its workers and Unite. As a first step, Unite urged…Read more…
‘Crazy’ clamping threat
Unite has warned private housing building firm Mears and joint venture company Manchester Working that its “crazy” clamping threats have only strengthened the resolve of workers currently on their…Read more…
‘Fighting for Labour’
Unite has launched its campaign to persuade its members to play their part in the June 8 general election. According to Unite, its 1.4m members could make the difference especially in Labour…Read more…
No mercy May
Theresa May was described as a “dementia taxing” “lunch snatcher” today, as she launched a Tory manifesto that would see a continuation of damaging policies for ordinary families and increased tax…Read more…
Squeezed – again
Labour and the unions attacked the Tories’ economic record after new figures showed that workers have been hit with a renewed wage squeeze. Pay growth in early 2017 fell below inflation for…Read more…
Pensioners’ ‘worst deal’
Despite long being targeted by the Tories for votes, older people were today (May 18) arguably given the worst deal as prime minister Theresa May launched the party’s manifesto. The triple…Read more…
‘Slapped in the Face’
An overwhelming nine out of 10 Unite members working at GKN Aerospace Services Ltd near Bristol, have voted for strike action beginning next week (May 22) in a protest over pay. Hard-working…Read more…
Who’s really to blame?
It is a truism that we always think our present is the best or the worse depending on the circumstances – it usually isn’t. This time however I really do think that the hostility metered out to…Read more…