The UK is now on track to close the pay gap with men. A girl born this week will see equal pay between men and women in her lifetime. Good news indeed – although she’ll have to wait till the time she…Read more…
Unity is strength
In the wake of the horrific attacks that took place in Paris on Friday (November 13) Unite last night expressed its deepest sympathy, sending heartfelt condolences to the friends, families and loved…Read more…
The commission of omission
At the end of October the chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, revealed the eight names on the new infrastructure commission led by former Labour transport secretary Lord Adonis. The…Read more…
No diversions
Bosses should focus on settling the wage rates dispute at the £200 million energy-from-waste plant being built at the Wilton complex on Teesside, instead of hiding behind court injunctions to divert…Read more…
Save our services
Unite – which represents staff in Oxfordshire county council’s early intervention hubs – will join hundreds of concerned residents on the streets of Oxford tomorrow (Saturday 14 November…Read more…
Don’t lose your voice
Unite is urging people across the country to make sure they are registered to vote with with just days left before the end of the transition period to new the individual electoral registration…Read more…
Rock and a hard place
The government’s £13 billion sale of ‘bad bank’ mortgages to a United States equity firm threatens the long-term security of thousands of home owners Unite has warned. …Read more…
Eyes Left
What do Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Loach and Melvyn Bragg all have in common? Well along with a whole slew of others they are backing the return of the Left Book Club. The original club was founded in…Read more…
Potash hammer blow
The north east economy has suffered another hammer blow with around 220 job losses announced at the potash mine at Boulby, near Middlesbrough. Unite, which has about 800 members at the UK’s…Read more…
Appeal Court rules René González can come to Britain
An historic ruling by the Court of Appeal has opened the door for Rene González to visit Britain despite twice being denied a visa last year by the Home Office. Gonzalez’s second invitation to…Read more…
Redundancies proof of manufacturing crisis
Unite has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to change its approach to manufacturing after a triple jobs blow. In the space of a few hours yesterday three major Northern Ireland…Read more…
Too Far Too Fast
The defence giant BAE Systems has been accused of cutting ‘too far, too fast’ after announcing that 371 jobs are to go at Wharton and Samlesbury in Lancashire. Unite is urging the firm to…Read more…
TU Bill fight ‘far from over’
Despite fierce opposition from all sides, including trade unions, human rights groups, the business community and even some Tory MPs, the trade union Bill passed through its third and final reading…Read more…
Bogus jobs recovery
Unite cautioned that the jobs ‘recovery’ was being fuelled by self-employment and low paid, insecure, part-time jobs as it responded to today’s (November 11) labour market figures. Warning the…Read more…
Action, not meetings
Steelworkers were bitterly disappointed following an EU steel summit, which was attended by leaders from across Europe, including business secretary Sajid Javid. A delegation of Unite…Read more…
Austerity is not a necessity
To govern is, we are told, to choose. This government chooses austerity. It does so not because it makes economic sense — it patently does not — but because it seeks to further tilt the balance of…Read more…
‘The heavens reflect our labours’
People lined Scunthorpe’s streets in solidarity yesterday, as hundreds of protesters marched through the town demonstrating against mass redundancies at a Tata Steel plant. 900 Tata jobs are…Read more…
Public safety threat
Plans to axe police community support officers (PCSOs) in the West Midlands could be a serious threat to public safety and will spell the end of community policing as we know it, Unite has warned….Read more…
Stop tipping rip-off
Restaurant workers need ‘decisive government action’ to stop employers creaming off their tips, Unite has said in response to the government’s investigation into abuse of tipping which closes today…Read more…
Rally for steel
Hundreds of steelworkers gathered alongside their community in Scunthorpe today (November 10) to stand united in the fight to save their industry and jobs at Tata Steel. The rally steps up the…Read more…