Strikes against a decision by an NHS trust to outsource workers are “only the beginning” of the fightback, Unite has warned. The warning came after the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation…Read more…
‘Scrap these plans’
Representatives of workers facing wholesale job cuts as a result of Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) ‘re-organisation plans’ and members of the local community will tomorrow (June 29)…Read more…
‘Serious well-being concerns’
Members of Unite employed by Total E&P working on North Sea oil and gas platforms are set to begin industrial action next month in a dispute over pay and working hours. If strike action…Read more…
Pay us fairly plea
The prospect of residents in Hackney north London, becoming mired in a parking meltdown next month has dramatically increased after peace talks brokered by the conciliation service Acas collapsed…Read more…
Win for young people
Unite celebrated a major victory today (June 28) after Tower Hamlets council announced it had reached an agreement with an outsourcing firm that will now pay young people the London Living Wage…Read more…
Still waiting
Restaurant workers are still waiting for justice a full two years after the government said it would crack down on unfair tipping practices. It’s now been 731 days since the then-business…Read more…
RBS branch closure demo
Unite members and local Labour Party activists will be demonstrating tomorrow (June 27) outside Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) South Street branch in Perth as the branch permanently closes its doors….Read more…
‘No social value’
Unite has called on the government to withdraw its decision to award the contract to privatise the Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters and defence workers, to troubled outsourcing company Capita,…Read more…
‘Short-sighted jobs killer’
The government’s decision yesterday (June 25) to scrap the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project is a “short-sighted jobs killer” and must be reversed, Unite said. The decision to pull the plug on…Read more…
‘No further delay’ call
MPs voted by a strong majority on Monday night (June 25) to back building a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport. Unite is the biggest union at Heathrow representing over 34,000 workers…Read more…
‘100 years young’
Unite celebrated the 100th birthday of one of the union’s longest serving members on Friday (June 22). Former Unite shop steward and retired fitter and turner engineer and train repairman Tom…Read more…
Aerospace take-off?
The aerospace industry in the UK is among the nation’s largest and most high-tech sectors – in fact, British aerospace is the largest in Europe, second only to the US, with a global market share of…Read more…
‘Cold hard reality’
The prospect of an economically devastating hard Brexit is becoming “a cold hard reality” under the Tories, Unite warned following the news that Airbus will consider leaving the country if there is…Read more…
‘Wake-up call’
Unite called on Stagecoach bosses running Sheffield’s Supertram to table a revised pay offer to avoid industrial action after drivers and conductors overwhelmingly backed strike action in a dispute…Read more…
‘Two-tier system’
Half of working people in the UK believe coming from a working class background and having a regional accent are impediments to success, according to a new survey that found working class…Read more…
‘Staggering’ complacency
The government today (June 21) refused to explain why it handed outsourcing firm Capita a contract to run Ministry of Defence (MoD) fire and rescue services despite the company being rated 10 out 10…Read more…
RBS branch closures audit
Unite is pleased that at long last RBS has appointed an organisation to look at the position of the 10 branches given a stay of execution in their branch closures programme. But the union is…Read more…
‘Highly alarming’
Unite has accused Westminster council and the Health and Safety Executive of inaction which could place workers lives in danger, after it notified both organisations of workers illegally living on a…Read more…
10 out of 10
Capita has been handed a contract for military fire and rescue services by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) despite a financial health assessment giving the highest level of risk to the outsourcing…Read more…
Gig economy challenged
The gig economy has again come under the spotlight as Labour MP Frank Field announced an inquiry into pay and working conditions at controversial food delivery firm Deliveroo this week (June 18)….Read more…