The plans to slash up to 1,100 jobs at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Ltd – 22 per cent of its UK workforce – will be fought ‘tooth-and-claw’, Unite pledged today (January 27). The union…Read more…
Together across borders
Workers Uniting — the global union formed by the United Steelworkers (USW) in North America and Unite the Union in the U.K. and Ireland, representing more than 2m workers in Canada, Ireland, the…Read more…
Stand by me
For many who work for the free Woolwich Ferry service – which has been in operation for 127 years – it’s in their blood. Just ask Unite member Gemma Drury, whose father was a ferry captain for…Read more…
A patient’s progress
I am relatively lucky in that I enjoy fairly good health and rarely have to use the NHS. In fact since moving to my current home over two and a half years ago I have yet to make a personal…Read more…
Swimming with sharks
By the time this is read Prime Minister Theresa May will be on her way with her begging bowl to Washington. Earlier ending months of speculation, and to acclaim in the right wing press, the Prime…Read more…
At risk
The UK auto sector has surged to a nearly two-decade high, with the latest figures from industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showing an 8.5 per cent rise in the number…Read more…
High heel ‘probe’
After being sent home for not wearing high heels on the first day of her new job at accountancy firm PwC, Nicola Thorp started a petition which in days garnered more than 150,000 signatures, as…Read more…
‘Sort this now’
Communities in the Highlands are being left at high risk in emergencies as ambulance services are stretched to breaking point, with staff working long shifts leaving them dangerously exhausted….Read more…
‘Battling Betty’
In a tribute to lifelong Unite member and socialist activist, Betty Tebbs, who passed on Monday (January 23) at the age of 98, Unite relives a passionate speech she gave at last year’s Real…Read more…
Shining light
Dedicated trade union and socialist activist Betty Tebbs died peacefully with her family on Monday (January 23) at the age of 98 after having spent decades fighting for peace, justice and equality….Read more…
‘Dark day’ for workforce
Unite said yesterday (January 24) was a ‘dark day’ for the workforce of HSBC after the bank announced its decision to close 117 bank branches and cut a further 204 IT staff. 380 job…Read more…
‘Tories attack trade union rights’
In a victory for the trade union movement, a motion to even further restrict the right to strike for workers in defined ‘critical national services’ was roundly defeated in the Commons today (January…Read more…
Welcome steel report
The country’s largest manufacturing union, Unite called on government ministers to adopt yesterday’s (January 23) special report published by the all-party parliamentary group on Steel and…Read more…
MPs management training call
Management training for MPs would help eradicate an epidemic of stress and cases of bullying experienced by parliamentary staff, Unite has said. A recent survey by Unite, which has about 500…Read more…
Helicopter production threat
Probing questions need to be asked about the future of UK helicopter production when MPs debate the industry today (January 24). Unite has been pressing MPs on the industry’s future, following…Read more…
The right decision
In a landmark ruling, Supreme Court judges today (January 24) upheld the view of the High Court that the government must consult Parliament before it triggers Article 50 in preparation to exit the UK…Read more…
‘Total breakdown’
More than 430 workers at the Oxford Bus Company are being balloted for strike action, following ‘a complete breakdown of industrial relations’, Unite said today (January 24). The union said…Read more…
Inadequate ‘strategy’
Theresa May unveiled her new industrial strategy today (January 23) to a chorus of criticisms that the plan is inadequate and does not offer commitment to the single market or the kind of skills…Read more…
Like dust we rise
Not since the Vietnam War have so many people across the world taken to the streets to defend progressive values, with women’s marches organised in dozens of cities globally on Saturday (January 21),…Read more…
‘Useful as a chocolate fireguard’
After six years of fiddling and relying on the so-called invisible hand of the market to correct industrial imbalances the government has finally published an industrial strategy. For the…Read more…