Poorer families in the UK are much less likely to own their home than their counterparts abroad, new research that highlights Britain’s chronic housing crisis shows. According to Organisation…Read more…
‘Strengthening our industrial voice’
Unite hosted a Migrant Workers Conference on Wednesday (February 22), which was held at the union’s central office in London and hosted a wide range of speakers including Unite executive…Read more…
‘Line in the sand’
A line in the sand over further privatisation of the NHS in London needs to be drawn, Unite has said. The latest cause for controversy is at King’s College Hospital (KCH) NHS Foundation…Read more…
Bus journeys plummet
Unite the union says new figures show that Scotland’s free-for-all privatised bus services are in chaos – with passengers getting a worse service despite increased public subsidy. New Scottish…Read more…
Undermining workers’ rights
Members of Unite at the Faslane and Coulport naval bases on the Clyde are to vote on industrial action, accusing their employer of attacking worker rights. Unite says that Babcock Marine is…Read more…
Buy a stake in our future
Unite is calling on the Scottish government to back a Holyrood motion calling for public investment in the oil and gas industry. A motion from North East Scotland Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald is…Read more…
‘Systematic undermining’
The NHS ethos is being further undermined in Yorkshire’s East Riding with the ‘whitewash’ awarding of a community health services contract to a ‘better profit business’, Unite said today (February…Read more…
Fallon – speak to us call
Unite members who work at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (Aldermaston and Burghfield) took their campaign for pension justice to the MoD in Whitehall yesterday (February 21). On the ninth…Read more…
Bargaining table power
A study conducted by Unite across 50 of its biggest private sector workplaces throughout London and the East of England reveals that in 96 per cent of workplaces where Unite negotiates pay, the union…Read more…
Savings gulf
Low income families had just £95 of savings and investments to fall back on this winter, a shocking new report by insurance firm Aviva shows. The report laid bare the growing gulf between rich…Read more…
Stronger rules on takeovers call
Food giant Kraft Heinz abandoned “predatory” plans to buy Unilever on Friday (February 17), a decision that Unite said would come as a “relief for thousands of workers across the UK”. …Read more…
‘No backsliding’
There can be ‘no backsliding’ on the number of visits that babies and young children in England can expect from their health visitor, Unite warned today (Tuesday February 21). The Community…Read more…
Gatwick strike vote
Unite members at Gatwick Airport who are employed in assisting passengers with reduced mobility will this week begin voting for strike action in a dispute over pay. The staff, who are employed…Read more…
‘One common call’
Unite said today (Monday February 20), that it was ‘heartening’ that MPs from across the House of Commons spoke up to back Vauxhall workers, as business secretary Greg Clark addressed MPs about the…Read more…
BMW: pensions talks continue
Talks between Unite and BMW over the carmaker’s plans to close the defined benefit pension scheme are set to continue, but the threat of industrial action remains, Unite warned today (Monday February…Read more…
Thieving bosses ‘named and shamed’
Retail giant Argos faces a £1.5m fine after it was revealed yesterday (February 16) that 37,000 of its current and former workers have been illegally denied the minimum wage. The revelation…Read more…
Flush with cash?
Pensioners earn more than working-age people for the first time ever, newspapers declared earlier this week (February 12). It’s a shocking headline to be sure, but just how true is it? The…Read more…
Recognise hard work call
Electricians, mechanical engineers and plumbers working on the new Whitechapel Crossrail station will receive productivity payments worth £867 a month thanks to their union Unite, the UK’s largest…Read more…
NHS cuts: turn down ‘the noise’
Expensive ‘guerrilla marketing’ tactics are to be used to persuade people in Yorkshire, Humber and north Lincolnshire that ‘the noise’ about NHS cuts needs to be ‘turned down’. Marketing and…Read more…
Resist ‘predatory’ takeover call
Unite said today (February 17) that it was seeking an urgent meeting with Unilever bosses and that the company should continue to resist takeover attempts by Kraft Heinz and its venture capital…Read more…