Unite construction members employed at Sellafield Limited in West Cumbria have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a dispute over the company’s refusal to allow a full time union shop steward…Read more…
Knocking on doors is victory key
Clive Lewis, Labour’s candidate in Norwich South, is calling on fellow Unite members to come and help him overturn a Lib Dem majority of just 310. “Knocking on doors is the key to…Read more…
Fox on the run
Biscuit production at Fox’s Biscuits in Batley, west Yorkshire is set to be hit next week by engineering workers striking over a ‘paltry’ pay offer. The 42 engineers, members of Unite, will be…Read more…
Ferry service under threat
Proposals that could see the closure of the Woolwich ferry, which has been free for more than a century, has been condemned by Unite. Unite said that the threat to the ferry, whose history…Read more…
When the homeless are criminalised
Hundreds of people took to the streets of London yesterday, bringing traffic to a standstill as they marched on Parliament to raise awareness of the treatment of homeless people in the UK, Ireland…Read more…
Smurfit Kappa strike on hold
The four day strike at corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa in Northampton, due to start on Friday (April 17), has been suspended. This is to allow the appeals of the two sacked senior…Read more…
Someone on our side
UNITElive spoke yesterday (April 14) with Cardiff mum and Unite member Jo Stevens, a prospective parliamentary candidate for Labour in Cardiff Central. Jo was hitting the campaign trail in Wales with…Read more…
‘Beyond barmy’
Nigel Farage had long sought to throw off the spectre of what he himself described as the “drivel and nonsense” of UKIP’s 2010 manifesto. Sadly for the him the 2015 version…Read more…
Inspiration movement
Protest action has taken place in 20 cities across the UK in support of low paid workers in Fast Food restaurants demanding an end to poverty pay and union rights. The Fast Food Forward…Read more…
Fight for 5
On the day (April 15) that McDonalds workers in America are protesting against poverty pay and appalling working terms, Unite members stood in solidarity at over 20 demonstrations throughout the UK….Read more…
They’ve got to be McJoking
US-based McDonalds workers have been offered a 10 per cent pay rise and big increase in paid holidays. But the pay rise only applies to one in 20 workers, at 89 cents its around 50p an hour and the…Read more…
Gary’s opportunity to work again
On his visit to Wales today (April 14) Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey met workers at the E-Cycle Centre in Tonypandy. E-Cycle centres were set up by the Labour Wales government after the…Read more…
For yourself, for humanity, for democracy
With just 22 days to go before the general election – and under one week left to get onto the voter registration roll – leading British actors Sue Johnston, Ricky Tomlinson, together with other…Read more…
Tory zealots’ plans for strike ballots
‘We are all Thatcherites now’ David Cameron once told the BBC. Well millions of us will never have any truck with the divisive policies of the 1980s, but this Prime Minister is clearly…Read more…
Homeless Sweets Way homeless
Walk through Sweets Way housing estate in Barnet, North London, and it’s a ghost town – broken glass on the streets, windows boarded up as if in preparation for a storm, kitchen and bath items laying…Read more…
A Britain that works for all
The very front page title of Labour’s election manifesto sums up both the future and the immediate past of this country: ‘Britain can be better’. Too right it can! After five years of failed…Read more…
Cameron’s ‘right’ to cause homelessness
The right to buy is back – but this time the Tories have set their sights on housing associations. Stung by allegations that the Conservative’s message to the electorate is too negative, David…Read more…
Channel anger by voting
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey kicked off his two-day election tour of Wales today (April 14) in Cardiff, where he joined Unite secretary for Wales Andy Richards, shadow Welsh secretary Owen…Read more…
Keep it Co-op
The Co-op is not just another grey PLC with the usual disinterested shareholders. And those of us who love it don’t want it becoming just that. The Co-operative Group is owned by its members,…Read more…
Rethink policies now plea
New research from the Nevin economic research institute (NERI) has confirmed the need for urgent action from the NI Executive parties. The research shows that Northern Ireland’s…Read more…