Today (December 15) sees ex-miners, trade unionists, activists and more come to Westminster as they continue their fight for truth and justice over Orgreave. Campaigners will hand in a legal…Read more…
Episode 26: ‘We can do this together’
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week. …Read more…
Lend a hand
In part 2 of our week-long series for Disability History Month, UNITElive speaks to Unite vice-chair of the South East region Ian Lidbetter. Having a disability that isn’t immediately apparent,…Read more…
Fight for rights
As part of Disability History Month this month, UNITElive will publish one story each day featuring the many Unite members with disabilities who are fighting for a better world for all. Today,…Read more…
World-class standards threat
The Knowledge – a test that all black cab drivers must take in order to obtain a licence – is an integral part in maintaining London’s world-class black cab trade standards. But now, the…Read more…
Caught cold
Many parents well know the stresses and strains of having a child too ill to go to school when mum and dad need to be at work. This need not (and should not) be the case – as the TUC is…Read more…
Revving up
Confirmation that Jaguar Land Rover is to open a car factory in Slovakia has been hailed as “great news” by Unite. The deal with the Slovakian government will see the British based company…Read more…
Steel jobs saved
Unite welcomed the news today (December 11) of the further sale of businesses from the Caparo Industries Group to the Gupta family which secures over 600 jobs, based mainly in the West Midlands….Read more…
Frozen out
Unite is seeking urgent discussions with management after workers at Bombardier in Northern Ireland overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer as part of cuts to the Belfast operation. Members had…Read more…
Let’s work together
Local government workers from Edinburgh and Glasgow city councils are calling on Holyrood MSPs to work with them in tackling an estimated £15bn billion debt crisis across Scotland’s councils. …Read more…
‘Dickensian’ work conditions
Imagine working on the statutory minimum wage, now set at £6.70 per hour – well below what’s needed to meet basic expenses in the first place – only to discover you aren’t getting paid even this…Read more…
Conspiracy and cover up
A Tory government which launched a head-on confrontation with trade unions in the early 1970s conspired with police and MI5 to help jail six striking building workers who picketed sites in Shrewsbury…Read more…
Ambulance crisis looms
The number of paramedics and other ambulance staff leaving the NHS has nearly doubled in four years with thousands more planning to quit imminently. Poor working conditions and low pay are…Read more…
Long-term job security call
Staff at Legal & General’s flagship site in Kingswood, Surrey, have moved closer to strike action in the New Year with the launch of a final industrial action ballot. This follows September’s…Read more…
Fundamental to prosperity
Unite has called on MPs to support a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport, highlighting the project’s fundamental importance to “securing our country’s long-term economic prosperity”….Read more…
‘Divorced from reality’
UK manufacturing output fell by 0.4 per cent in October from the previous month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found. These figures compared with a 0.9 per cent increase seen in…Read more…
Ebook revolution threatens jobs
The ebook revolution in reading habits has put 225 jobs at risk at the Penguin Random House (PRH) UK distribution centre at Rugby in Warwickshire. PRH has announced it wants to close the…Read more…
Close the net on tax avoidance
Unite highlighted today (December 7) that the case for chancellor George Osborne “closing the net on corporate tax avoidance” is further reinforced with reports that Cadbury’s owner, Mondelez…Read more…
Cuts by a new name
After months of criticism from all sides, Chancellor George Osborne finally caved in on tax credits in his autumn statement last week, pledging to reverse cuts that would see Britain’s poorest…Read more…
Save ‘jewels in the crown’
Unite Community members in Huddersfield have vowed to “keep fighting for properly funded public libraries” after Kirklees Council pushed through major cuts in the service. In…Read more…