Workers at AWE plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – will be lobbying MPs over their pensions’ ‘betrayal’ at the Houses of Parliament tomorrow (December 6). The lobby will coincide…Read more…
‘More than tinkering at the edges’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner on buy-to-let tax loopholes: “Solving the housing crisis and protecting private tenants facing spiralling rents will require a lot more than…Read more…
At the mercy of landlords
Buy-to-let landlords are using loopholes to avoid new taxes which come into effect April of next year, with many saying that they intend to hike up rents, according to a new report. Chancellor…Read more…
Recognise our value
Shipbuilders on the Clyde breathed a sigh of relief when the UK government announced last month that work on the Type-26 frigate programme would begin in earnest next summer, after the project had…Read more…
Hope not hunger
Unite is teaming up with anti-poverty charity Trussell Trust and calling on the public to help families facing hunger this Christmas as foodbanks’ busiest month of the year begins. Find out…Read more…
‘They simply don’t care’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner on benefits sanctions: “There is not one shred of evidence showing that benefits sanctions help people get back into work. But for those who do…Read more…
‘Death by a thousand cuts’
Unite has expressed ‘bitter disappointment’ over further bank branch closures announced by RBS Group. Unite, the largest union representing RBS staff, said the taxpayer-owned bank was…Read more…
Bus dispute settled
The five-month old pay dispute involving bus drivers in Weymouth and Bridport in Dorset has been settled. The deal was thrashed out in talks between senior management from First Group, the…Read more…
Benefits sanctions a failure
The Tory government’s benefits sanctions regime, which has brought misery to millions and in some cases has even been fatal, continues unabated under the assumption that it works – that it gets…Read more…
Broken promises
Workers at AWE plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – will be staging a second 24-hour strike on Tuesday (December 6) in the dispute over the threat to close the defined benefit pension…Read more…
BA staff shortage threat
‘Bargain bucket’ pay rates for Mixed Fleet cabin crew at British Airways could lead to recruitment and retention problems for the UK’s national carrier warned Unite. The warning follows an…Read more…
More wage pain
British workers are facing the worst long term decline of their pay for 70 years, a respected think tank has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned that Brexit will stagnate wage…Read more…
Xmas deliveries threat
Staff at UPS Parcels in central London will strike for two days next week, which will disrupt the firm’s deliveries in the run-up to Christmas, over alleged bullying, harassment and racism. …Read more…
‘Scrooge’ council
Barnsley council is frontrunner for the UK’s most Scrooge-like local authority, after it denied health visitors and community nurses an extra day’s holiday given to the rest of the workforce for…Read more…
Cashing in on austerity
Council austerity cuts have over the last six years decimated public services and have cost more than half a million jobs, with local authorities in the poorest areas being hit the hardest. …Read more…
‘Rotten system’
The UK’s burgeoning “gig economy”, which often relies on exploitative zero-hour contracts and questionable definitions of self-employment, will cost the Treasury £3.5bn in 2020/21, new figures show….Read more…
‘Exceptional’ deal
Workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have overwhelmingly backed an ‘exceptional pay deal for an exceptional workforce’ in a consultative ballot, Unite announced today (November 29). Over three…Read more…
‘Empty proposals’
The collapse of retailer British Home Stores (BHS) earlier this year will go down in history as one of the biggest business scandals of all time, with tens of thousands of people losing their jobs…Read more…
‘Unacceptable’ cuts
A campaign to safeguard the pay and terms and conditions of Newham council’s workforce and, ultimately, the council services for the more than 300,000 residents in the east London borough is being…Read more…
Post office strike
Overseas Christmas mail and parcels are set to be disrupted on Saturday (December 3) – the peak day for such international post – when about 720 managers stage a third 24-hour strike in their…Read more…