As British Airways Mixed Fleet cabin crew take 48-hour strike action over poverty pay commencing today (January 10), UNITElive speaks to former crew members who tell the real story of the conditions…Read more…
‘Surviving on Pot Noodles’
As BA Mixed Fleet cabin crew begin their 48-hour strike today (January 10) over poverty pay, UNITElive speaks to Jorge*, a former crew member who explains the struggles he faced in a job that he said…Read more…
Staff can’t afford to be sick
It might have been a dark, wintry, early start for Unite’s BA ‘mixed fleet’ members but their spirits were undeterred as they started their 48-hour strike today (January 10) over poverty pay levels…Read more…
Crisis, what crisis?
When is a humanitarian crisis not a humanitarian crisis? Apparently when the health secretary and prime minister choose to reject the analysis of crisis care professionals. On Friday January…Read more…
Nuclear pensions ‘raid’
Energy minister Jesse Norman should step up to the plate and meet the unions over the proposed £600 million ‘raid’ on the pensions of 16,000 nuclear industry workers – otherwise, industrial action…Read more…
Unite BA membership surge
Unite revealed today (January 9) that over 800 cabin crew from British Airways’ ‘mixed fleet’ had joined Unite since the start of the dispute over poverty pay, taking the union’s membership to over…Read more…
‘Skimming profits’ from workers’ pockets
Although nearly 700 firms have been fined a total £1.4m for paying staff below the minimum wage since 2013, MPs and Unite said today (January 6) that the penalties are not enough of a deterrent to…Read more…
Confidence vote for young
Defence firm BAE Systems is now offering a record number of high quality, highly paid apprenticeships and last week committed to offering hundreds more this year. At the moment, the…Read more…
A ‘fair slice of the pie’?
Greedy FTSE 100 bosses made more money during the first two and half days of 2017 than most people earn all year, new research has found. Fat Cat directors on a rate of more than £1,000 an…Read more…
‘Cause for concern’
Today’s (Thursday January 5) announcement that the Royal Mail has started a consultation process on the future of its pension plan is ‘a matter of concern’, Unite said. The Royal Mail said it…Read more…
BA: New strike dates
Unite cabin crew members working for British Airways ‘mixed fleet’ have announced a 48-hour strike starting Tuesday January 10, after the airline refused to extend the mandate of the strike vote to…Read more…
Super fare price hike for rail users
As commuters return to work today facing fresh price hikes, shocking new research shows that regular UK travellers are paying up to six times more of their salary on fares than passengers who enjoy…Read more…
What unites all of us
There is no doubt that concerns about the impact of the free movement of Labour in Europe played a large part in the referendum result, particularly in working-class communities. It is those…Read more…
Seasonal cheer
Unite reps working at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust branch threw a special Christmas party for poorly children at the Royal Oldham Hospital’s children’s department. And Father Christmas…Read more…
Cold and hungry this Christmas
Nearly half of hard up families who use food banks are at risk of going cold this Christmas, a charity warned yesterday (December 21). The Trussell Trust, the UK’s largest foodbank network,…Read more…
‘Working together’
Following talks with trade unions Unite and NUJ, Penguin Random House (PRH), the world’s biggest publisher has resumed negotiations about the firm’s new collective agreement. A meeting early…Read more…
Bus strike
The travelling public in Merseyside will face severe disruption when 120 bus drivers, based at Stagecoach Rock Ferry garage, go on strike for a fortnight on Wednesday December 28 in a long-running…Read more…
Car production races to 17-year high
The 17-year high in UK car production reinforces the case for safeguards for the automotive sector in any Brexit deal, Unite said today (Thursday December 22). The Society of Motor…Read more…
Bus pay justice plea
Oxford Bus Company is set to become the UK’s meanest bus company this Christmas, after ‘Scrooge’ bosses refused to pay drivers extra for working on two bank holidays over the festive season. …Read more…
Loos are human rights
The government is falling short when half a million lorry drivers are ‘caught short’ looking for toilet facilities, Unite said. The union said that it is calling for a statutory,…Read more…