Steelworkers have agreed to accept a temporary three per cent pay cut and changes to terms and conditions as part of a rescue plan by Greybull Capital, the company buying Tata’s Long Products…Read more…
The wrong type of ‘gig’?
As the digital revolution gathers at a rapidly increasing pace so is the growth of new forms of employment. One of these is ‘gig workers’ – a ‘one size fits all’ buzzword for anything from…Read more…
Govt’s house of cards
First it was cuts to tax credits, then the raid on disability benefits – and now measures in the Housing Bill are facing defeat. The government’s proposed policies, all taking aim at those who are…Read more…
Tories: On the workers’ side?
The so-called National Living Wage, first announced last year, was offered up as proof that the Tory government was, in fact, on the side of working people. “We back work,” said prime minister…Read more…
Bursary or bust
On April 18 among the thousands who joined the People’s Assembly march against austerity were countless Unite NHS members. From their ranks, member and student nurse Danielle Tiplady was…Read more…
Shoulder to shoulder
Unite Port Talbot steel worker Mark ‘Pasty’ Turner was warmly received by the People’s Assembly marchers in Trafalgar Square on April 16 after addressing the packed throng . …Read more…
Panama? Only this hat
Marching shoulder to shoulder with steel workers and anti-austerity campaigners from across the UK, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey made it clear Unite refused to accept there was no…Read more…
The power is in our hands
Tens of thousands of protestors descended on central London on Saturday (April 16) for the People’s Assembly March to demand better jobs, health, homes and education. A large delegation of…Read more…
Proud to protest
It seems that protest is out of fashion with some in our movement. It is not in keeping with a party fit for power, or so the argument from some in Labour goes. Well, I don’t agree. …Read more…
Austerity crisis
Food bank use has, for another year running, dramatically increased as more and more people – even those in work – bear the weight of government austerity that’s brought a crisis usually only…Read more…
Last chance to register
Less than a year after the general election, another set of elections are on the horizon – and the stakes this time are just as high. On May 5, the UK goes back to the polls in Scotland, Wales…Read more…
A perfect storm ahead
There is a global power elite that owe no loyalty to nation states. They owe no loyalty to our health service, our education system or even our industrial heartlands. They don’t use them and…Read more…
Defending what millions have died for
Receiving letters in the post can elicit a range of emotions – frustration at another overdue bill, delight that an old friend is getting married. But for Sharon, a simple letter precipitated…Read more…
Shareholders rebel
BP shareholders revolted yesterday (April 14) over the obscene £14m pay packet of chief executive officer (CEO) Bob Dudley. The revolt was the first of many expected by shareholders at major…Read more…
Leave to remain?
Many UK workers could lose some or all of their paid holidays if Britain leaves the EU warned the TUC, after it published new research that showed that a quarter of British employees got extra…Read more…
TTIP very real threat to NHS
On March 9 Rachel Reeves MP sponsored an Early Day Motion calling on the Government to ensure “that the retention of sovereignty for decisions concerning the NHS will be a red line for future TTIP…Read more…
On our side
Responding to the speech today (April 14) by the leader of the Labour party, Unite said that voters could put their trust in Jeremy Corbyn’s view of Europe. “Ordinary people heard…Read more…
Beginning of the end
The announcement that 61 Crown post offices will be transferred to high street newsagents WH Smith was branded as ‘the beginning of the death rattle’ for a national high-quality post office network….Read more…
‘Cynical’ attack
Volkswagen bosses are opportunistically using changes to UK pension funds to hand down a total of £1.4m of costs to Bentley workers, said Unite the trade union for UK automotive workers. The German…Read more…
Repay our loyalty
Unite today (April 13) urged the Dublin-based drinks giant C&C to find a buyer for its Shepton Cider Mill in Somerset, which is set to close this summer with the loss of 120 jobs. The…Read more…