Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt launched a 25-year plan for the NHS but failed to mention how he would fill a £822m hole in NHS finances. He also failed to address how he was going to lift morale…Read more…
NI NHS staff: pay us properly
Understaffing and underfunding are the main barriers to a seven-day NHS in Northern Ireland, Unite said today (Friday July 17) – and not staff costs for working unsocial hours. The…Read more…
Not so sweet
Ministers should introduce a sugar tax and ban the advertising of sugary drinks and food, as the obesity crisis amongst children grows, Unite, the country’s largest union, said today (Friday July…Read more…
Just can’t take it anymore
Unite is at the forefront of Ireland’s Right2Water campaign, which has mobilised hundreds of thousands of people in the Republic against yet another austerity tax: water charges. Although…Read more…
Unsocial hours payments should stay
The independent Pay Review Body (PRB), which recommends pay for NHS staff, released a report today (July 16) examining the viability of delivering healthcare services seven days a week. Unite,…Read more…
An ‘asinine logic’
In an act of political doublespeak, business secretary Sajid Javid described the purpose of Trade Union Bill – which has its first reading in the House of Commons today – thus, “Trade…Read more…
Noticeable by their absence
Unite will play a leading role in tackling race inequality in the health service, which was discussed on Tuesday (July 14) at a conference held by the union, launching its campaign to support black,…Read more…
‘Bitter blow’
Ministers’ failure to support manufacturing over high energy prices has significantly contributed to the loss of 720 jobs at Tata Steel in Rotherham, Unite said today (July 16). Unite, which…Read more…
Support for families at risk
Health visitor numbers have increased significantly over the past five years, but the coalition government narrowly missed its target of 4,200 new health visitors first set out in 2011. …Read more…
Tata Steel pensions dispute ends
The pensions’ dispute at Tata Steel that brought the company to the brink of the biggest industrial dispute in 35 years has ended. Members of all four unions at the company have voted to…Read more…
Through adversity comes solidarity
New jobless figures released today (July 15) reveal a fragile economic recovery potentially going into reverse – unemployment has risen for the first time in two years. But the latest figures…Read more…
Massive attack
Criminalising pickets, a green light for the creation of specialist strike-busting agencies, attacks on trade union campaigning and links to the Labour Party. The Tories have announced a wide…Read more…
Onslaught against workers
Union members from across shipbuilding and engineering today (July 15) slammed the government’s Trade Union Bill, as unjust and in favour of employers. Moving an emergency motion, Unite…Read more…
Union solidarity saves the day
Last night (Tuesday July 14) ex-Unite shop steward Paul and his daughter Roisin were still safe in their home after a judge at Croydon Crown Court granted a seven day stay of eviction. Paul…Read more…
Denying workers a voice
Ministers were urged to rethink the restrictive proposals in the Trade Union bill that threaten to cast unions as ‘the enemy within’, Unite said today (July 15). Unite said the best way to…Read more…
Workers’ struggles headline at the Show
The historic struggles of working people were brought to life at the Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) today (July 14) by Unite’s North East Yorkshire and Humberside region. Schoolchildren and…Read more…
For ‘fox sake’ Cameron
Today (Tuesday July 14) the Tories cynically postponed the fox hunting ban amendment which was scheduled to be voted on in the House of Commons tomorrow. The move reeks of suspicion and…Read more…
Blacklisting: High Court case hearing
The road to justice for blacklisted construction workers continues as a hearing takes place today (July 14) at the High Court in preparation for a full trial scheduled for May of next year. It…Read more…
Pay protest – strong as ever
Hundreds of highly skilled construction workers and their supporters gathered at all four entrance gates to the Wilton complex on Teesside to protest at Sita/Sembcorp in their #PayTheRate campaign on…Read more…
Organise and win – like the Chainmakers
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland (pictured left) on Sunday (July 12) helped Midlands trade unionists celebrate the successful achievements of 800 striking women Chainmakers in 1910 by…Read more…