Following the meeting between Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, the President of General Motors, Dan Ammann and the secretary of state Greg Clark, the union’s leader said, “My immediate…Read more…
‘Determined as ever’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey spoke this morning (February 16) in a wide-ranging interview with business news network Bloomberg over the news that Peugeot may buy out General Motors’…Read more…
‘Completely unacceptable’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner last night (February 15) spoke on the BBC One Show as it emerged that more than 300 companies have failed to pay the minimum wage, including retailer…Read more…
Wage theft shocker
The government needs to take much stronger action to enforce the national minimum wage, raise living standards with a real living wage and introduce sector level collective bargaining, if it is…Read more…
Insecure work wastes billions
Insecure work is costing the government almost £4bn per year, a damning new report has found. The costs equate to a loss for £75m a week for the Treasury – enough to pay for a quarter of the…Read more…
Steel deal accepted
Steelworkers today (February 15) voted to accept Tata Steel UK’s investment proposals. In a consultative ballot on Tata Steel’s proposal on pensions, jobs, investment and production, Unite…Read more…
Unite GS: ‘We will not accept job losses’
Following his meeting with business secretary Greg Clark, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, said that General Motors had a moral duty to stand by the UK workforce – and repeated his call for the…Read more…
‘Talk to us’ call
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey (pictured) met with business secretary Greg Clark this morning (February 15) to seek assurances over the tens of thousands of jobs at risk in Ellesmere Port and…Read more…
BA crew pile on pressure
Unite members working for British Airways’ mixed fleet piled further pressure on the airline today (February 14) by announcing a further four days of strikes on top of the four days of action…Read more…
PSA takeover: ‘Urgent meetings’ call
French carmaker PSA – which produces Peugeot, Citroen and DS cars – confirmed today (February 14) that it is considering taking over General Motors (GM) Opel business in Europe, which includes its UK…Read more…
Learning for change
Embracing arts, creativity and culture is critical to the survival of our movement. Within certain areas of the media there is an emphasis on “respecting” the Establishment and individualism….Read more…
‘Agonising uncertainty’
Confusion reigned today (February 14) after UK nuclear company NuGen confirmed that Toshiba remained committed to the Moorside nuclear power station in Cumbria — when just hours before Toshiba…Read more…
AWE pensions demo
As we go to press, angry workers at AWE plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment Defence – are preparing to demonstrate outside the constituency office of defence secretary Michael Fallon in…Read more…
Firms move to curb exec pay
Ten percent of the UK’s FTSE 100 firms are deliberating on scrapping long-term incentive plans (LTIPs) to curb astronomical executive pay in response to shareholder revolts on the issue, it has been…Read more…
Pensions ‘robbery’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has warned bosses of BMW that ‘serious industrial action will occur’ involving over 7,000 car workers if they continue to ignore their concerns and plough on…Read more…
‘Great resolve’
Unite called on British Airways to enter talks at the conciliation service Acas and reach an agreement to avoid further strikes next week in a dispute over poverty pay involving the airline’s mixed…Read more…
‘Fight the corner’
UK employers have been urged to let workers ‘fight the corner’ of UK jobs and industries as the country begins the Brexit negotiations. The call comes from Unite general secretary Len…Read more…
Settle pensions now call
Defence secretary Michael Fallon has been warned that there will be further delays to the government’s flagship Trident programme, unless the long-running pensions dispute at AWE plc – the…Read more…
Ferry strikes suspended
Progress has been made in the Woolwich Ferry dispute talks and both today’s (Friday 10) and next Friday’s (February 17) 24-hour strikes have been suspended to facilitate negotiations. Talks…Read more…
Come clean
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (February 10) called on government ministers to come clean over a leaked list dividing British industries into high, medium and low priority in the Brexit…Read more…