Penny pinching bosses at Capita’s life and pensions division were being urged to drop a ‘derisory’ pay offer resulting in a real terms pay cut for 75 per cent staff after the firm posted half year…Read more…
Bus drivers ‘cancer’ scandal
Weymouth bus drivers, suffering from cancer and serious heart conditions, have been told by hard-hearted bosses that they will have their sick pay docked while the strikes over ‘poverty pay’…Read more…
‘Don’t be fooled’
Theresa May’s new head of policy has drawn up plans to cut workers’ rights, and lower wages for employees in poor areas, despite the Prime Minister’s inaugural pledge to help working people rather…Read more…
Give the ‘green light’
Unite today (July 27) urged the board of energy giant EDF to give the green light on the final investment decision for the new Hinckley Point nuclear power station. The call comes ahead of…Read more…
No justification
NI Executive must take control of funding provided for higher education to ensure working-class children are not excluded, Unite has argued. Sean Smyth, Unite regional officer with…Read more…
Leeds bus strike suspended
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…