Unite denounced the trading update from the Dublin-based C&C Group as ‘another kick in the teeth for a dedicated workforce’ at the profitable Somerset site. A trading update from the…Read more…
Picking up the tax cheats’ tab
Today (March 16) the country’s eyes are on George Osborne as he attempts to plug an £18bn hole in his budget. He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show ‘we need to act now so we…Read more…
The great pretender
Chancellor George Osborne will boast that he will preside over the “largest programme of rail investment since the Victorian age”, during today’s Budget (March 16). His misleading and…Read more…
‘Draconian approach’
Port workers at the Port of Grangemouth kicked off a two-week strike today (March 15) after their employer Forth Ports imposed changes to shift work without consultation. These changes will…Read more…
Rise of the robo-bankers?
Investment advisers at the 73 per cent taxpayer-owned RBS bank are set to be replaced by so-called “robo advisers” to cut costs, which will entail the loss of 250 jobs. The bank, which…Read more…
Toxic air legal cases rise
Unite revealed today (March 15) that it was pursuing legal action against a number of UK airlines on behalf of 61 cabin crew after they were exposed to ‘toxic cabin air’ while working on board…Read more…
‘Thin edge of the wedge’
Co-op drivers have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over the proposal to transfer 87 drivers in the Midlands to controversial haulier Eddie Stobart Ltd (ESL). Because of the…Read more…
Austerity: it’s not working
In 2010, Chancellor George Osborne first laid out one of the central aims of the then coalition government in his first budget – to eliminate the deficit by 2015. Having failed to meet…Read more…
‘A credible alternative’
Labour’s announcement of a fiscal responsibility rule to drive investment and tackle the deficit has drawn praise from eminent economists, as well as Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey. …Read more…
‘No pay, no way’
A consultative ballot of Unite members working for Hertel, the global industrial services company, on the Conoco Philips oil refinery site on Teesside is on the cards after the company’s zero…Read more…
Justice result
The benefits of being a union member may not be immediately obvious, but for many, it’s nothing short of life-changing. For one Unite member an accident in work meant that he would no longer…Read more…
Stormont jobs plea
Unite and other unions are calling for ministerial intervention at Stormont after Belfast engineering giant Harland and Wolff announced sixty job losses. The company is blaming the move –…Read more…
Actions, not words plea
Unite steelworkers in Wales took their fight to save steel at the Welsh Conservative spring conference today (March 11). Dozens descended to demonstrate against the UK government’s continued…Read more…
A ‘fishy’ business?
The UK’s leading supplier of chilled fish has been accused of paying for the new ‘national living wage’ by slashing overtime rates. Unite believes Grimsby-based firm – Icelandic…Read more…
For fairness and progress
Unite has described Sadiq Khan’s manifesto setting out his London Mayoral bid as a “programme of fairness” which will be welcomed by millions in the capital. Labour’s candidate has put…Read more…
A boss’s ‘flexible friend’?
The number of people whose main job is on a zero hours contract may well soar to 1m by the end of the year if current trends continue, according to the latest figures released on Wednesday (March 9)….Read more…
Starved of funds
Unite Scotland has responded with scorn and concern to the latest finance figures which show there’s been close to £1.5 bn worth of cuts to local government since 2011. According to official…Read more…
Don’t kill affordable homes
Unite will join housing campaigners this Sunday (March 13) in opposing the government’s Housing and Planning Bill which, if passed, will annihilate affordable housing in the UK. Demonstrators…Read more…
Make NHS accountable
Unite members together with other campaigners will hand in a mass petition to the department of health tomorrow (March 11) supporting a parliamentary Bill restoring public accountability to the NHS….Read more…
Not for the status quo
Last night (March 9) Unite general secretary Len McCluskey addressed an audience at the German Embassy in London on why he will be voting to stay in the EU. You can read his full speech below. …Read more…