Unite Rolls-Royce reps will meet with MPs to reiterate the potential danger crashing out of the EU poses to the aerospace industry. They will lobby MPs to pressure the government into seeking…Read more…
Bromley council in the dock
Conservative-controlled Bromley council will face allegations of victimisation of a long-standing trade union rep at an employment tribunal (ET) in Ashford, Kent, starting on Monday (October 2)….Read more…
Lab plans slammed
Plans by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, and University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Trusts to centralise their laboratory services for Lancashire could put dozens of jobs…Read more…
‘Protect the bad, tackle the good’
Britain’s anti-slavery authority has nearly doubled its investigations since May, after its powers were extended beyond the food and farming sectors. The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority…Read more…
‘Bucks, not burgers’
Unite will begin balloting nearly 200 members, employed on the Norwegian airline baggage handling contract at Gatwick airport for strike action in a pay dispute today (September 29). The…Read more…
Gov’t ‘washing its hands’
Unite is disappointed but not surprised that the government is once again washing its hands on blacklisting. The news comes at a time when Unite has intervened to resolve a fresh case of…Read more…
100 per cent in
Low paid cleaners at Manchester Airport employed by Mitie Cleaning and Environmental services have voted solidly in favour of strike action in their campaign for fair pay following a two year pay…Read more…
Under threat
Joyce Still, health visitor and Unite delegate spoke on behalf of Unite on the health and social care debate at conference on Tuesday (September 26). Health visitors have a key role, along…Read more…
Scrap the cap
When Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said yesterday (September 27) in his conference speech that Labour is now “the political mainstream” he was clearly on to something. The public sector pay cap…Read more…
Last resort
Unite yesterday (September 27) confirmed that it will ballot refuse workers for strike action, which will affect bin collections later this year and over the Christmas period, in a dispute over job…Read more…
‘We will not let you down’
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn concluded the party’s conference – one of the most energised in years – with a stirring speech this afternoon (September 27) that set out what a “Labour government in…Read more…
‘Without merit’
Unite and other unions have slammed a decision from the US Department of Commerce, which ruled that a 220 per cent tariff should be levied on the company’s imported CSeries planes, whose wings are…Read more…
Bogus self-employed fight win
Taxi giant Addison Lee wrongly classified its drivers as self-employed and must pay them the minimum wage and holiday pay, an employment tribunal has ruled. Unite hailed the case, which was…Read more…
‘Cautious welcome’
A ‘cautious’ welcome has been given by Unite to a proposed joint venture of two UK poultry heavyweights which will employ 6,000 workers. The merger is between Cargill’s UK fresh chicken…Read more…
‘Holding our breath’
Bombardier workers in Northern Ireland are holding their breath as they await a decision this afternoon at 5 pm (September 26) from the US Department of Commerce – a ruling that may determine their…Read more…
‘Not in our name’
Austerity, Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett noted, is alive and well, especially in Birmingham if you are a refuse collector. Intervening at the Labour conference today…Read more…
Action now call
Bombardier workers in Northern Ireland are holding their breath as they await a critical decision from the US Department of Commerce at 5pm this afternoon (September 26). In April, US…Read more…
Trevor sorts it out!
Trevor Simpson is a Unite convenor on the Westfield, White City construction site in west London. He has been on the site for two and a half years and during that time he has managed to make…Read more…
We voted in droves for hope
Leigh Drennan is the vice chair of Young Labour in Unite’s North West region. He believes the reason young people, who had become disengaged with politics, were suddenly inspired to get out and use…Read more…
An economy that works for us
Neelam Verma today (Monday September 25) represented Unite speaking on the National Policy Forum Work, pensions and equality annual report. She said, “On Saturday I was able to speak to the…Read more…