The number of people on zero-hours contracts has reached record levels, with 905,000 people on them in the last three months of 2016, up 13 per cent from the same period last year. But the…Read more…
‘Paltry’ accident fine
Unite has criticised a ‘paltry’ fine imposed on a company for health and safety breaches that led to the permanent impairment of a worker. At Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday (May 11), Wallace…Read more…
Barclays jobs stay pledge
Barclays is not considering moving British jobs to Europe because of Brexit, the bank’s chief executive has said. Jes Staley also said that any internal restructuring that would be needed…Read more…
Transforming Britain
A Labour government would re-nationalise the UK’s energy industry, railways, buses and Royal Mail, the party’s leaked draft manifesto states. In a boost for ordinary people, Labour would also…Read more…
‘Damaging’ school cuts
Unite has warned that damaging school cuts will increase if the Tories regain power on June 8. The warning was issued after education unions, including Unite, condemned plans by an academy…Read more…
Crane strikes loom
The likelihood of strikes this summer at HTC Wolffkran, the UK’s largest tower crane operator, have taken a dramatic step forward after peace talks collapsed in an ongoing pay dispute. Unite,…Read more…
Hull Pride
Unite’s £17,000 sponsorship of a landmark UK Pride event in Hull – 2017 City of Culture – underlines the country’s largest union’s support for gay rights, whether in the workplace or in…Read more…
Friction-free access plea
In a major intervention, former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown this week warned that Britain’s world class automotive industry is under dire threat from a hard Brexit pledged by the Tories,…Read more…
Tories’ ‘hit and miss’ plans
Unite has blasted the Tories’ “ad hoc” “hit and miss” industrial strategy, after details of the government’s deal with Nissan emerged. The Times obtained a four page letter from Nissan…Read more…
Unite pioneers e-education
With adult education undergoing years of painful cuts, Unite is pioneering new online training and education to ensure that working people do not lose out on skills and development. Research…Read more…
‘Sensible bonus’ call
Unions representing construction workers at Hinkley Point are hopeful that the dispute over bonus payments can be resolved after fresh talks were promised. The unions involved,Unite and GMB,…Read more…
Top store in under pay shock
John Lewis has long been lauded for its staff-centred approach – their employee ownership model means workers share in the profits and so have a direct connection to the value they create. But…Read more…
Strike ‘pane’ in windows row
The strikes over pay and shift patterns at Sierra Windows in Paignton, Devon could spread to another company in Newton Abbot, part of the same Specialist Building Products group. A total of 44…Read more…
Blacklisting fight goes on
A year after Unite, the largest union for construction workers, secured a historic victory for blacklisted workers, the union is still fighting for justice for victims of the scandal. The High…Read more…
‘Unjustified’ job losses
Unite, which represents staff at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has expressed opposition to the announcement today (May 9) that the bank has decided to cut another 334 jobs and offshore more jobs to…Read more…
Brexit race to the bottom?
Working people in both the EU and the UK – especially those in low-skilled jobs – could have their working rights eroded after Brexit, new TUC research shows. The report, conducted on behalf…Read more…
‘Quality, not just quantity’
Full employment was once thought to be a pipe dream. But now with more people aged 16 to 64 in work than since records began in 1971, the UK has made near full employment a reality. Still,…Read more…
Pay row resolved
Workers at three DHL Supply Chain sites in South Yorkshire have overwhelmingly accepted an improved pay offer of 2.6 per cent for the year starting June 2016. Unite said that the 15 days of…Read more…
‘We proved the world wrong’
It’s been nearly a year since hundreds of steelworkers from across the UK descended on Parliament in a march to save an industry that forms the bedrock of all UK manufacturing. At the time,…Read more…
Checking out of the NHS
Stressed NHS staff are leaving to work in supermarkets because they are so demoralised by years of receiving 1 per cent pay rises or nothing at all, health service bosses warned yesterday (May 7)….Read more…