Dangerous cost cutting has turned more than 80 military training grounds into “death traps” Unite has warned, after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) allowed ‘look out’ firing range wardens to be…Read more…
Someone on our side
Londoners will decide the future of their city in tomorrow’s (May 5) mayoral election. It’s set to be a contest between Labour MP for Tooting Sadiq Khan and Tory MP for Richmond Park and North…Read more…
Tip top result
Business secretary Sajid Javid sided with Unite as the government published yesterday (May 1) a long-awaited report on tipping practices in restaurants and hotels. In what Unite officer for…Read more…
A UK without manufacturing
Economics professor Patrick Minford came out yesterday (April 28) to say that “if we left the EU, it seems that we would mostly eliminate manufacturing.” But, Minford – who was a major…Read more…
Stagecoach asked to ‘think again’
Unite, Britain’s biggest union, will express concern at a meeting next week about the proposed closure of the Stagecoach bus depot in Dundee. Bosses at the bus company have advised union…Read more…
Free Ӧcalan
At the launch of the UK-based campaign to free imprisoned Kurdish leader, Abdullah Ӧcalan, on Monday night (April 25), a standing-room only crowd in the House of Commons heard international speakers…Read more…
As relevant today as ever
The first ever Bob Tressell Festival was held on Merseyside yesterday (April 28). The date chosen to celebrate the life of the man who wrote the classic labour movement book The Ragged…Read more…
Safe workers, safe products
The chemical and pharmaceutical industry is the pride of UK manufacturing – it adds £15bn of value to the UK economy every year and is the largest manufacturing exporter with annual exports close to…Read more…
‘Fight, fight, fight’
Short film with extracts from Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady and shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
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Work death probe call
Unite has called for the Health and Safety Executive to conduct a full and prompt investigation into the tragic death today (April 28) of a construction worker on the Queensferry Crossing over the…Read more…
Fish firm’s workers face the sack
The row over Grimsby-based Icelandic Seachill, accused of paying for the new ‘national living wage’ by slashing overtime rates, has been taken to the European Commission, as the workforce faces the…Read more…
Passionate speeches
Merseyside today (April 28) remembered its loved ones that have been killed and died as a result of work. International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) began in the USA in 1970 and its success…Read more…
Across boundaries and oceans
In 1916 two seminal events that would shape the future of both Northern Ireland and the Republic took place. It was the year not only of the Easter Rising but also of the Battle of the Somme – one of…Read more…
Resist safety erosion
Unite today, April 28, said attempts by Conservative ministers and unscrupulous bosses to dilute or circumvent health and safety legislation across the UK must be resisted when at least two people a…Read more…
Workers’ lives at risk
Attempts by Tory ministers and unscrupulous bosses to dilute or circumvent health and safety legislation along the south coast must be resisted. This is the core message that was the theme of…Read more…
Justice for Alison
Today, Workers’ Memorial Day, as we remember those who have lost their lives at work, Unite officers and members are fighting to have a health and safety rep reinstated after she was sacked for…Read more…
21st century fleet
Aberdeen-based transport company FirstGroup has struck a deal with Falkirk based bus company Alexander Dennis (ADL) and Wrightbus of Northern Ireland to build a new fleet of state of the art buses….Read more…
Success thanks to access
The UK’s automotive industry and its all-important supply chain has been the driving force behind the the UK’s manufacturing sector. Over £8bn has been invested in UK automotives…Read more…
Whatever it takes
“We are calling on all our branches to affiliate to Justice for Colombia, we are calling on all our branches to support their region in affiliating to Justice for Colombia,” says Tony Woodhouse,…Read more…
Correct verdict – at last
Commenting on the verdict today (April 26) which confirmed that the 96 football fans who lost their lives at Hillsborough in 1989 were unlawfully killed, Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary said,…Read more…