The decision by the government to overrule an independent planning inspector and deny planning permission to a new open cast coal mine in Highthorn, Northumberland has been branded as economic and…Read more…
Track and trace doomed to fail unless sick pay raised
Any attempts to control the coronavirus pandemic through test and trace efforts are doomed to fail unless statutory sick pay (SSP) is increased as a matter of urgency, the TUC has warned. A new poll…Read more…
‘No more excuses’
Unite’s manufacturing members sent a loud and clear message today (September 9) that the government must step in and extend the furlough scheme or else risk a tsunami of job losses. Dozens of workers…Read more…
Gatwick job losses mount
A latest analysis of job losses at Gatwick Airport, by Unite demonstrates the devastation being wrought across the entire sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic and highlights the failure of the…Read more…
FSS SOS
A £1.5 billion contract to build Royal Navy fleet solid support ships (FSS) that has been opened to overseas shipyards must go to domestic firms if UK shipbuilding jobs are to be preserved, Unite has…Read more…
Covid smokescreen used to slash pay
Unite has launched an international campaign today (September 9) to stop the owners of the Manchester bus company Go North West from using Covid-19 as cover for making savage cuts to bus drivers’ pay…Read more…
Unite plea to PM: ‘Don’t abandon us’
With Spain becoming the latest country to extend its pay protection scheme “for as long as it takes” – following Germany, the Netherlands and France – the UK government continues to look on aimlessly…Read more…
‘Do not abandon us’
Employers in the UK planned an astonishing 300,000 job cuts in June and July, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from the BBC has found. More than 1,700 firms planned to make 150,000 job losses…Read more…
SOS for jobs
With under eight weeks until the furlough scheme ends, workers from across the UK will launch their SOS for Jobs campaign to persuade the prime minister to think again on a focused sector level…Read more…
‘Too little, too late’
Government proposals to launch an aviation recovery plan this autumn to provide support for the sector until 2025 will not end the ongoing aviation jobs haemorrhage currently occurring, Unite has…Read more…
‘New Deal’ for social care call
The scale of the adult social care funding crisis in England was revealed today (September 7) in a new analysis from the TUC, which shows that annual spending on adult social care is still £600m…Read more…
Support Appledore shipyard call
The government must start making waves to support the resurrection of the Appledore shipyard, as career open days are planned in the next week to entice skilled workers back to the north Devon site….Read more…
Virgin Atlantic job cuts ‘serious blow’
The announcement that Virgin Atlantic is to cut a further 1,150 jobs is more concrete evidence that the government has comprehensively failed to support the UK’s key aviation sector during the…Read more…
Gov’t must ‘up its game’ to support transition to electric cars
The government must urgently take action to support the development and purchasing of electric vehicles, as a major new poll finds the British public remains largely unconvinced about switching to…Read more…
Chancellor told to act now or face ‘tsunami of unemployment’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak faces mounting pressure to extend the furlough scheme, as the TUC today (September 4) put forward its own blueprint for protecting jobs and called on the government to take…Read more…
Burston memories
There’s no doubt that the annual Burston rally, held on the first Sunday of September in the village of Burston, Norfolk is one of the favourite events of the trade union calendar.
The post Burston…Read more…
Don’t miss out on Battle of Stockton event
Unite’s Unity over Division campaign have supported this year’s event by recording a zoom conversation with some of our young members from North East, Yorkshire and Humberside region. The recording…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES easyJet and Dnata Catering members fighting for their…Read more…
Latest bus driver assaults ‘not isolated events’
Assaults on bus drivers continue apace amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a spate of recent incidents in the south west region, where the union has thousands of bus driver members. Unite condemned…Read more…
Act now call as Belarus union leaders arrested and beaten
Trade unions throughout Europe are working directly with their international and European Union federations to bring pressure on the EU to force tough sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander…Read more…