A South Yorkshire firm has been accused of ‘backsliding’ in appealing against an award of £426,600 to 56 Unite members, after bosses by-passed their recognised union and put a pay offer directly to…Read more…
‘End insecure working’ call
The number of people on zero hours contracts – who are not guaranteed set hours of work and have very few rights and protections – has spiked to a record level of 910,000. But the figures show…Read more…
‘Not good enough’
Unite echoed concerns voiced today (March 3) by the influential House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee, which warned that the government’s industrial strategy lacks…Read more…
‘Tin pot dictators’
Bosses at 2 Sisters Food Group in the West Midlands have been behaving like ‘tin pot dictators’ when it comes to workers’ rights, Unite said today (March 3). The union said that in the last…Read more…
Brighton BA protest
Striking members of Unite working as cabin crew for British Airways mixed fleet will be taking their battle against low pay to Brighton tomorrow (March 4) with a protest at the British Airways…Read more…
Unite Brexit Check
With prime minister Theresa May set, within weeks, to trigger the process by which the UK begins its exit from the European Union, Unite, has today (March 3) urged working people to ‘sound the alarm’…Read more…
Workers on the board?
One of the UK’s largest low-pay employers is planning to appoint a worker representative to its board. Outsource firm Mitie, which provides care-taking and cleaning services, is considering…Read more…
Work till you drop
Pushing the retirement age up in the coming years would mean men in certain areas of the country could die before claiming their state pension. A Commons Work and Pensions Committee debating…Read more…
‘Overwhelming mandate’
A 24-hour strike today (March 2) by about 450 employees at the Oxford Bus Company was strongly supported as workers stood against hard line bosses who want to salami slice the pay and conditions of…Read more…
‘Pay more, receive more’
A new and improved pension deal for the 16,000 employees of the nuclear decommissioning authority (NDA) is to be put to workers, including members of Unite. The new proposals were hammered out…Read more…
Don’t deal with blacklisters
Unite will tomorrow (Thursday March 2) urge London’s Haringey council not to ‘deal with blacklisters’, in a £2bn project which will see hundreds of long-standing Tottenham tenants removed from their…Read more…
‘With all our might’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey vowed that he would fight to secure a viable future for the Ford Bridgend plant as he meets with workers today (March 1) at the site in Wales. McCluskey’s…Read more…
A dark day for rights
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey vowed that Unite would not allow the Trade Union Act to stop the union from fully supporting the workers it represents, after many of the provisions of the Act…Read more…
Hammond: Shell out for NHS call
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been urged to get out his cheque book to save the financially-stricken NHS and social care system, as thousands of demonstrators prepare to march in London in support of…Read more…
The nominations for Unite GS are…
The largest number of Unite branches ever – nearly 1,500 have made nominations for three candidates in the election for the union’s general secretary, it was announced today (March 1). Len…Read more…
Steady Brexit nerves call
With Nissan today (February 28) warning MPs that it is keeping its commitment to the UK under review, despite assurances it may have been offered by the government, Unite general secretary Len…Read more…
For sanity’s sake
Benefit sanctions must be stopped to avert a national mental health crisis, doctors have warned. Doctors from Britain’s leading mental health organisations also called for an immediate review…Read more…
Stop cutting our NHS plea
A major demonstration in support of the NHS will see tens of thousands of people take to the streets in London on March 4 calling on the government to end health service funding cuts, privatisation…Read more…
Solid support
Hundreds of workers at IT giant Fujitsu are staging strike action across the UK to defend their jobs, pay and pensions, and to gain union recognition. Unite’s 1,200 members started the solidly…Read more…
Ford: commit to workforce
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey will tomorrow (March 1) call upon Ford to end the agony of its Welsh workforce and commit at last to the Bridgend engine plant. However, McCluskey will…Read more…