Leeds bus workers, who have suspended their all-out strike due to have started today (July 26), will be voting on a new improved two-year pay deal over the next fortnight. Unite said that the…Read more…
Priti Patel: right this disparity
The new international development secretary Priti Patel is being asked what steps are being taken for the 200 NHS workers and academics, who risked their lives in combating the deadly Ebola virus…Read more…
Blatant exploitation
Workers at the Fawley oil refinery will stage a second 24-hour strike tomorrow (July 27) in the dispute that sees foreign workers being paid half that of UK workers at the Southampton site. …Read more…
Solid oil strike
Messages of support for striking workers on Shell platforms across the North Sea were flooding in from around the globe today (July 26), as they took part in a 24-hour stoppage in a dispute over…Read more…
Window of opportunity
There is a window of opportunity to settle the six-week old Weymouth bus dispute as the parent company First Group has sought settlements in two other separate bus disputes in the UK. Unite…Read more…
Pensions result
The threat to summer holiday flights from Southampton airport has been lifted, after members of Unite agreed to accept improved pension arrangements following talks with the airports’ owner, AGS. …Read more…
Shared vision
On a hot Saturday morning (July 23), hundreds gathered at a Southampton college to demonstrate their strong support for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The second annual celebration of Left…Read more…
Privatisation fight
Unite and the local Bromley community stood firm in solidarity against cuts to council services and privatisation at a packed demo on Saturday (July 23), which was also attended by Unite general…Read more…
Positive talks
The prospect of industrial action by drivers at First Glasgow has been averted following protracted negotiations involving Unite officials. The union had conducted a consultative ballot of its…Read more…
Crunch decision
The meeting of the EDF board of directors on Thursday (July 28) to make the crunch decision on the financial go-ahead for the Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been welcomed by Unite. …Read more…
We will not be silenced
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey will be in Bromley this Saturday (July 23) to join the march against the cuts and privatisation to local services in the borough. McCluskey will warn the…Read more…
No excuse
University bosses should not use speculation about future EU research spending in the UK to avoid giving higher education (HE) staff a decent pay rise, Unite said today (July 22). Unite, which…Read more…
‘Not all budding entrepreneurs’
Nearly 90 percent of jobs created in the past three months have been in self-employed roles, prompting warnings over the spread of low-paid insecure work throughout Britain. In the most recent…Read more…
Feet to the fire
The ‘Victorian’ employment practices of Sports Direct were condemned by a damning business select committee report published today (July 22), thanks to evidence given by Unite. The committee…Read more…
Oil strike support
Hundreds of North Sea oil workers have received a boost ahead of industrial action next week with Norwegian energy unions pledging their “100 per cent support”. The Norwegian…Read more…
The new poor
Falling levels of home ownership and a reliance on state benefits mean that middle income families now have more in common with poor households than wealthy ones, with working families becoming the…Read more…
‘Reap what you sow’
An HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation into infamous employer Sports Direct for not paying its 3000 warehouse staff the national minimum wage is understood to have been widened to include the…Read more…
Orgreave: Inquiry news by year’s end
The new home secretary Amber Rudd today (July 20) announced she will meet with the Orgreave Truth and Justice Camping (OTJC) after the summer recess following calls for a public inquiry into the…Read more…
March for public services
This Saturday (July 23) people will be taking to the streets of Bromley to call on the Tory-led council to stop the cuts and privatisation of services. Unite has organised the march to show council…Read more…
Pushed to the limit
North Sea oil and gas workers are to strike for the first time in a generation. Almost 400 members of Unite and RMT unions who work for multinational oil and gas services company, Wood Group across…Read more…