Ministers should come clean about how stopping public sector union members paying their membership dues though the long-standing payroll ‘check off’ system will achieve a saving of £6.5m to the…Read more…
Stop end to check off threat
Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail spoke today (August 6) on BBC Radio 4’s World at Oneprogramme in defence of check-off, a system by which union members have their dues…Read more…
A most spiteful act
Check-off, the system by which union members’ subscriptions are automatically deducted from their salaries, has come under threat as the government unveiled today (August 6) measures that would end…Read more…
Nightmare of the night shift
As the second day of a two-day strike among tube workers kicks off today (August 6), many commuters may wonder what the fuss is all about. Don’t tube drivers get £50,000 a year? Hasn’t London…Read more…
‘Now we have a real voice’
With less than a week left to go for the deadline to sign up to vote in the Labour leadership election on August 12, Labour supporters up and down the country are preparing for what’s set to be a…Read more…
Osborne’s fire sale only the first
As chancellor George Osborne rushed through the sale of £2.1bn in RBS shares on Monday night (August 3) – at a massive loss to the taxpayer – a new analysis shows that this most recent fire-sale of a…Read more…
Grasp the nettle!
Unite retired members, husband and wife Bill and Margaret Moores, have participated in many Labour leadership elections over the years – they’re both life-long trade union and Labour party members….Read more…
Rents through the roof
Osborne’s plans to raise council tenants’ rent to market value if their income is more than £30,000 or £40,000 in London could force hundreds of hardworking families out from London. Public…Read more…
RBS sell off: ‘It’s a disgrace’
Unite national officer for finance, Rob MacGregor summed up the union’s reaction to Osborne’s RBS sell off by saying, “It’s a disgrace.” His comments came in an…Read more…
Stressed and overworked
Health visitors, who are critical in supporting young families, received a big boost following a largely successful implementation plan that saw their numbers swell by almost 4,000 over the past five…Read more…
Something to sign up for
As part of our series on the Labour leadership election, UNITElive spoke to National Union of Students vice president Shelly Asquith, who is also a proud Unite member, on why voting in this election…Read more…
The madness of sell-off king George
They say that the definition of insanity is to repeat the same action and expect a different result. If that’s true then George Osborne’s Mansion House speech presented a particularly…Read more…
Reckless Osborne will cost us all
Tory plans to sell off nearly £2bn Royal Bank of Scotland shares could cost the taxpayer millions and be a bonus for share speculators. The shares were bought for 502 pence each to bail out…Read more…
Unite, Pride of Leeds
Unite lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) members along with friends and family helped form part of the largest turnout ever – around 40,000 – at the annual Leeds Pride festival…Read more…
Tube strike on
Over 400 Unite members, working as electrical and maintenance technicians, linesmen and signallers on London’s tube network will be taking part in a 24-hour strike from 6.30pm on Wednesday (August 5)…Read more…
Wake-up call
The revised pay deal that 2,000 easyJet cabin crew, members of Unite, accepted today (August 3) is also a wake-up call for the company’s bosses regarding future pay talks. The UK cabin crew…Read more…
Uncertain futures
Retail giant Sainsbury’s announced last week (July 29) that it has sold its chain of pharmacies to Celesio, the German drugs wholesaler owning LloydsPharmacy, in a deal worth £125m. The sale…Read more…
Different vote, same old myths
As the last day to sign up to vote in the Labour leadership election quickly approaches next week (August 12), the anti-union media frenzy is now in full swing. It’s set to be the most…Read more…
Stop pinching our tips
Pizza Express waiting staff are to stage a series of demonstrations outside selected restaurants in protest at the multi-million-pound business stealing their tips. Staff have estimated that…Read more…
Community action celebrated
On the August 5, 1874 the people of Portsmouth rose up and took back a piece of Southsea Common that had been fenced off by the Pier Company preventing local people from accessing the beach. …Read more…