New plans to hit firms that sell tax avoidance schemes with heavy fines are useless – because the Tories have stripped HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of its resources for catching cheats, leading…Read more…
Services will go in cuts frenzy
Local government services in the historic city of Bristol will be shredded because of swingeing cuts imposed by the Tory government, trade unions warned today (Monday August 22). Care for…Read more…
Unite Scotland house build call
And from the south east of England to Scotland – Unite is out to defeat the UK’s housing misery crisis. Unite Scotland announced (August 19) it is backing calls for a national strategy to…Read more…
The shame of London hotels
Global hotel chains stand accused of making London one of the most ‘unethical’ tourist destinations in the world by its own workforce in a hard hitting report launched today (Monday August 22) by…Read more…
Taking housing fight to south east
Although the housing crisis has hit the entire UK to varying degrees, it has become an entrenched and alarming problem in the South East – earlier this year it was revealed that there is not one…Read more…
Sexual harassment: Not banter, not funny
Nearly two in three young women, and predominantly those in zero hours’ contracts or agency work, are sexually harassed at work, a TUC survey has revealed. The TUC’s research, in partnership…Read more…
Timetable now call
The government’s continued incompetence in devising a long-term defence strategy has been again exposed after last month the ministry of defence (MoD) refused to set out a timetable for building its…Read more…
Unite: May ‘must re-double efforts’
If you happen to be a black or Asian ethnic minority (BAEM) person in the UK today, you’ll inhabit a vastly different world than the rest of the population – you’re much more likely to be jobless, to…Read more…
Profession under pressure
Overwhelming evidence proves that a child’s life chances are largely determined by what they experience between the ages of 0 and 5. If you’re a healthy, supported young child, you’ll be a healthy,…Read more…
Pizza Factory jobs threat
The threat to 350 jobs at The Pizza Factory in Nottingham was branded ‘a hammer blow’ for the workers and the local economy by Unite last night (August 17). Unite is due to hold talks with the…Read more…
‘Why are we waiting?’
Unite, which represents bus drivers in Weymouth and Bridport, is waiting to hear if the company will agree to the terms of reference for arbitration talks under the auspices of the conciliation…Read more…
‘Flawed’ scheme
BA management was today (August 17) urged to drop its new controversial ‘unfair’ performance scheme, after its cabin crew voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in protest. …Read more…
‘Massive impact’
Campaigners from the Unite have taken their message against massive NHS Fife cuts direct to the Scottish health minister. Members of the union lobbied NHS Fife board members at the…Read more…
Positive talks
Bus drivers and engineers at Brighton & Hove and Crawley have welcomed the firm’s ‘fresh look’ at its management style. Bus drivers and engineers at Brighton and Hove Buses and its…Read more…
UAW backs Kurdish solidarity call
Unite has welcomed the backing from the 400,000 strong US union, the UAW, for the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish Workers’ Party who remains imprisoned in Turkey. In a…Read more…
‘Body blow’ for Boulby
Around 140 employees are facing redundancy at a Teeside potash mine, after bosses announced “further restructuring” measures. The job losses, which are expected to take place by the end of the…Read more…
Rail: nationalise now
As services dangerously deteriorate, rail fares have continued to rise, outstripping wages by more than double since 2010, a new analysis has found. As it was announced today (August 16) that…Read more…
Sweet victory
An agreement covering 7,600 UK employees of food and drink giant Nestlé has been agreed with the Unite and GMB trade unions. The agreement (which is subject to trustee approval) will safeguard…Read more…
Magnox contracts ‘favouritism’
Unite has called on the government to investigate the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), after a high court ruled it used favouritism to award a £8.4bn private sector contract – which has…Read more…
Unite pay justice result
Sports Direct workers marked a significant milestone in their journey to justice today (August 15) after thousands of workers at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire are set to secure …Read more…