Representatives for thousands of car workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) are calling for an urgent meeting with Cyrus Mistry, the chairman of the carmaker’s parent company, to seek assurances over the…Read more…
The cuts that will hurt the most
Council services, including elderly care, children’s centres, parks and libraries, among other vital services, have suffered desperately under the weight of the previous government’s spending cuts,…Read more…
‘Who’s going to keep the lights on?’
As UniteLive reported today (December 1), the government’s decision to axe public health spending has created a false economy – short-term savings now will mean ballooning expenditures in the…Read more…
Cloaked in silence
Northamptonshire luxury boat builders, Fairline Boats has not paid its pension contributions for the 468-strong workforce for three months, Unite claimed today (December 1), as the fate of the…Read more…
Honouring Ellen
Unite helped organise a unique domestic violence commemorative event on Sunday November 29 and will now assist with establishing a website that will honour domestic violence victims and provide…Read more…
Misguided move
As people live longer, chronic, life-long conditions such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes become more prevalent, causing healthcare costs to spiral out of control. Chancellor…Read more…
£4000-a-year pay cut
Repairs and maintenance to homes managed by Thirteen, the largest group of housing associations in the north east, could be delayed and postponed in the run-up to Christmas as it becomes embroiled in…Read more…
Take us seriously Mr Cameron
Dear David Cameron, As a 14 year old in state education, I’m often surrounded by a wide diversity of young people all from an array of different backgrounds both financially and culturally….Read more…
Humanity
Packing up her school books Laughing with her friend It only took a moment For her school days to come to an end “We’re only kids in school” Her voice was pained but clear Bodies charred and…Read more…
A vital vote
This week Labour MPs are likely to have to cast what will be one of the most important parliamentary votes of their career when the Prime Minister brings his proposal for Britain to join the bombing…Read more…
Rally to save our steel
On Saturday November 21 hundreds of steelworkers and their families from across the UK, joined trade union leaders and politicians in a rally to Save our Steel in Sheffield. Coming amid a…Read more…
Energy strike suspended
A week-long strike by EDF Energy workers carrying out Smart meter installations, due to start on Monday (November 30), has been suspended for talks to take place with the conciliation service, Acas….Read more…
War on the poorest
Media rumours about the death of austerity are premature says the Institute of Fiscal Studies as it and the Resolution Foundation highlight Osborne’s new attack on the poorest. George…Read more…
Osborne blinks first
Osborne – with his ‘Caesar’ haircut – stood at the Commons despatch box yesterday with his Labour political opponents in front of him and his Tory political enemies behind him. We all…Read more…
Coming home to roost
For five years under the Coalition government manufacturing faced a tough time with our automotive industry providing the growth in the economy due to strong exports, which was also supported by our…Read more…
Osborne forced to u-turn
Osborne went to Parliament to attempt to undo the damage his last budget did to his political fortunes. Time will tell if he has managed it. Tax credit cuts that would have hit 3.3m low…Read more…
Who do you trust?
Tory ministers made the extraordinary decision to make their post-election priority an attack on trade union freedoms. We will not allow decades of economic and social progress that the trade…Read more…
A ‘wild experiment’ on UK
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey accused the chancellor of a ‘Frankenstein’ experiment that puts his ideological commitment to a surplus above the needs of the British people. Responding…Read more…
Laying waste to defence
More questions than answers arose yesterday (November 24), after the government announced the publication of its Strategic Defence Review, which outlined defence spending priorities for the next five…Read more…
Tesco Xmas disruption threat
Unite urged Tesco to revise a ‘pitiful’ pay offer of 0 per cent for 2015 and 1.5 per cent for 2016 today (November 24) to avoid potential industrial action in the run up to Christmas in its…Read more…