Workers at the BMW mini car plant in Oxford are celebrating a 10 per cent pay deal over three years, negotiated by their union, Unite. The workers at the Cowley based plant were hailed ‘world…Read more…
‘Speculation and fears’
The future of the UK’s largest steelworks hangs in the balance, as Tata Steel holds a crucial board meeting in Mumbai today (March 29) over its turnaround plan for its Port Talbot plant. Board…Read more…
Steel works saved
Unite today (March 24) welcomed the news that metals firm Liberty House has signed a deal to buy the Clydebridge and Dalzell steel works from Tata Steel and urged UK minsters to look at Scotland’s…Read more…
Shrink back shock
UK manufacturing has rapidly deteriorated to the point that it is now among the worst performers in the developed world, a shocking new report revealed today (March 24). The UK manufacturing…Read more…
Pregnancy bias: Unite call secures study
A government study that exposes the disgraceful pregnancy and maternity discrimination experienced by three out of four working mothers has finally been released, following pressure from Unite….Read more…
Shares tumble after Ashley’s ‘own goal’ comment
Sports Direct billionaire owner Mike Ashely has claimed that the scrutiny of his company’s practices are damaging its sales at the expense of profit. Shares had already more than halved since…Read more…
Ashley: Contempt charges
Billionaire Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley faces contempt of parliament charges if he now fails to turn up to face MPs on June 7. MPs investigating mistreatment of his workers wish to…Read more…
Defend our spend
Unite convened a special conference this week in Preston, which saw the launch of the union’s ‘Defend our Spend’ campaign that aims to press the government to keep UK defence spending in Britain….Read more…
Climbdown
The Prime Minister was forced into a humiliating climb down yesterday (March 21) on plans announced in the Budget to reduce the deficit by cutting personal independence payments (PIP) for disabled…Read more…
Secure future for Co-op workers
A two-day strike by Co-op drivers over the transfer of their jobs to transport and distribution company Eddie Stobart Ltd (ESL) has been suspended at the last minute. Industrial action was…Read more…
For males only?
A cross-party committee of MPs released a damning report today (March 22) into the government’s inadequate response to a yawning 20 per cent gender pay gap that’s showed no signs of abating over the…Read more…
Gender pay gap persists
The gender pay gap in the UK remains stubbornly high – despite so many advances in equalities over the last half century, women still only earn 80p for every £1 a man earns. Even more galling…Read more…
RSPCA: Board overhaul call
A survey of Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) staff has revealed that 43 per cent believed that the governance was ‘ineffective and poor’ with only four per cent satisfied with the…Read more…
Brexit economic shock
Leaving the EU will dramatically shrink the UK economy by £100bn over the next five years and could mean the loss of nearly 1m jobs, a new report from the Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) has…Read more…
For the future of our communities
Tens of thousands of skilled defence jobs are at risk from an ‘unpatriotic’ purchasing strategy that sees increasing amounts of UK defence expenditure flow to the US. That was the message from…Read more…
Decent work for all
Unite Scotland community and youth activists will tell delegates to the Scottish Labour Party spring conference tomorrow (March 19) that growing trade union membership is the remedy to the rise of…Read more…
‘The best hope’
Unite has today (March 18) announced that it will campaign for the country to remain a member of the European Union. The union’s 63-strong executive council, drawn from workplaces across…Read more…
‘Before it’s too late’
European leaders are meeting today (March 18) to firm up action that must be taken to save Europe’s beleaguered steel industry. The Brussels summit comes on the heels of measures that the…Read more…
EU: Vote for democracy and hope
When I vote for Britain to remain in the EU in June, and when I argue for the members of my union and others to do likewise in the months ahead, I will not be voting for the status quo. I will…Read more…
‘Between a rock and a hard place’
Deliveries of fresh produce – a top business priority for the Co-op – will be severely hit when more than 700 of its drivers stage a two-day strike next week in the dispute over transferring drivers…Read more…