Young people may once have enjoyed a certain level of financial freedom before starting families, but now the so-called carefree youth is a thing of the past as generation austerity start their…Read more…
Giving up not an option
Heavy manufacturing equipment firm Caterpillar announced another raft of job losses yesterday (September 1), a move which Unite has condemned, calling it another blow to Northern Ireland’s…Read more…
Action now to save General Practice
Doctors in Unite (DiU), formerly the Medical Practitioners Union (MPU) expressed dismay yesterday (August 31) over the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) decision not to hold a consultative ballot…Read more…
Broad energy mix call
Bungled Tory energy polices are putting off investors and threatening the prospect of a ‘golden age’ of clean and affordable energy, the industry’s largest trade association has warned. Energy…Read more…
Defend our bus service
Unite has urged Edinburgh citizens to tell their councillors not to go ahead with controversial plans for Lothian Buses. Yesterday (August 30), members of Edinburgh’s transport committee…Read more…
When Chris met Jeremy
Unite Community member Chris Trestrail from Aberdeen got the chance to put some questions to Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, as part of Jeremy’s recent campaign visit to Scotland. They talked…Read more…
Match words with action
Despite rights for pregnant women being enshrined in law, a shocking number of new and expecting mothers experience workplace discrimination, including being illegally sacked – and the problem is…Read more…
Brothers
Sound waves reverberated. Nation states rewarded an explosion of celebration. Medals awarded. Flags seized. Hugged around. Olympians fell and kissed the ground An explosion of…Read more…
Taking a bite out of Apple
The European Commission (EC) has taken a bite out of Apple by ordering it to pay the Irish government up to €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes, after ruling the tech company’s tax arrangements with the…Read more…
Gesture of goodwill
There was solid support for Friday’s (August 26) 24-hour stoppage by London bus workers at the bus operator Tower Transit. Unite members took to picket lines and services were severely…Read more…
Post-Brexit wage pain
Even as jobs become more plentiful, new figures show that workers’ wage pain is set to continue as inflation bites and the UK’s post-Brexit economy begins to take shape. Compared to July of…Read more…
Portrait of disparity and despair
With her clouded eyes brimming with tears, Mary wails inconsolably. She reaches out her arms toward me, begging, “Please, please, take me home.” I anxiously glance around the living room where Mary…Read more…
‘Being you is not a crime’
Neo Nazis have plastered lampposts in Hull with far right stickers, in the latest in a number of racist incidents across Britain since the EU referendum. The stickers, which despite being…Read more…
Public buses before profit
Banton is a small village in North Lanarkshire. Like many places in Scotland, people there rely on local buses to get to work, to school, to college, to see friends and family, and to get to…Read more…
Career success?
Wealthy white male graduates are still more likely to have gained entry to the professional classes more than three years after leaving university, even when grades and other factors are taken into…Read more…
‘Boris bus’ builders’ jobs freeze slammed
Unite has slammed manufacturing firm Wrightbus’ recruitment freeze as the latest blow to Ballymena and Northern Ireland’s manufacturing sector. The bus builders are well known for…Read more…
Bus strike talks plea
Unite has expressed ‘bitter disappointment’ over the bus operator First Dorset’s ‘game playing’ on attempts to resolve a long running dispute as it confirmed a series of strikes hitting bus routes in…Read more…
Sports Direct: A ‘rare feat’
An investment group worth £14.5 trillion has taken the unusual step of joining Unite and MPs in calling for an independent review and “fundamental reform” at rogue employer Sports Direct. …Read more…
NHS: staff slam Hunt plans
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s own staff are worried that his deeply unpopular plans for a “seven-day” NHS service bring dangerous “risks”, leaked department of health documents reveal. The…Read more…
No smoking for street sweepers
Aberdeen’s refuse collection staff and street sweepers are being threatened with fines if they smoke within or outside their own depots. Unions say staff have been told that anyone caught…Read more…