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More than 60 workers at Quorn’s meat free paste production factory will strike on September 30 and October 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. More strikes are set to be scheduled if the dispute is not resolved. Workers rejected a four per cent pay offer plus a £1,000 bonus. They voted to strike […]
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Unite’s consultative ballot on industrial action over NHS pay in England closes on September 30. Each day this week, we’ll hear from a different member from our Unite health sector who explains why it’s so important to have your say on pay. When Doctors in Unite (DiU) chair and London GP Jackie Applebee learned that […]
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Unite has slammed poultry processing company 2 Sisters for refusing to give staff time off or extra pay for the Queen’s funeral bank holiday on Monday (September 19). In an email to Unite, 2 Sisters stated, “Our operations will remain open as usual and no additional annual leave has been allocated.” Unite general secretary Sharon […]
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Unite has slammed the government for reportedly considering lifting the cap on bankers’ bonuses, after the plan was leaked to the Financial Times (FT) on Wednesday (September 14) night. The FT reported that chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, himself a former financial analyst for investment banks, is seeking to scrap the cap on bonuses — first […]
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Unite has issued Newham borough council with notice of a further two weeks of strike action starting on Tuesday, September 20, ending Monday, October 3. The 1st phase of action began on Saturday, August 27 and ended on Saturday, September 3. The refuse collectors have “rubbished” Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz’s preposterous claims that the workers have […]
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Unite has warned that temporary dip in headline inflation will be cold comfort for working families who face continued stagnating wages at a time when company profits are soaring. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported today (September 14) that CPI inflation eased to 9.9 per cent in the year to August, down from 10.1 […]
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Fresh strikes have been announced in the Felixstowe port dispute after workers overwhelmingly rejected management’s attempt to impose a pay deal. Last week the management at the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company unilaterally ended pay talks after refusing to improve its pay offer and instead announced that it was imposing a pay deal of seven […]
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Unite has slammed prime minister Liz Truss’ plan on energy bills, saying the proposal will make working people pay for energy company profits – and so for a crisis not of their own making. Truss on Thursday (September 8) announced a much-anticipated plan to tackle skyrocketing energy bills by freezing bills at £2,500 a year […]
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Members of Unite, Scotland’s leading trade union, employed at aerospace company Honeywell, will begin strike action tomorrow (September 8) in a dispute over pay. Around Unite 20 members including production and assembly workers recorded a 78.6 per cent vote in favour of strike action on a 77.8 per cent turnout at Honeywell. The first day […]
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Planned strike action at construction supplies companies Birtley Group Ltd and Bowater Doors Ltd has been called off after the workers accepted a nine per cent pay increase. The workers, who are members of Unite were due to begin strike action in August, with further strikes scheduled in this month. Following the announcement of industrial […]
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More than 50 aircraft maintenance technicians and crew chiefs, responsible for the aircraft that make 23 daily American Airline Heathrow departures, are angry over a three year pay offer. In the first year, technicians would receive 5.3 per cent and crew chiefs 3.8 per cent. In the second year, all workers would receive a lump […]
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More than 100 West Midlands workers, paid just £9.90 an hour, are taking renewed strike action, which began on 23 August and will finish on 16 September, over a three per cent pay offer. The real rate of inflation, RPI, is running at 12.3 per cent and is expected to climb even higher. The workers, […]
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The strikes, which are yet to be scheduled, by drivers and draymen employed by GXO Logistics, are over plans to close the company’s Dagenham depot. The closure would result in major job losses while also dramatically increasing the workload of the remaining drivers at the company’s Croydon, Faversham and Greenford depots. GXO Logistics rejected proposals […]
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Commenting on Liz Truss being elected as leader of the Conservative party and so becoming prime minister, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Liz Truss will not solve the cost-of-living crisis by attacking trade unions and making it even easier for bad bosses to do as they please. At a time when we face a […]
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Casinos across London may be forced to close for the weekend from Friday, September 9 as workers, all members of Unite the union, take action to win a fair wage. Around 150 workers across Grosvenor Casinos’ seven venues across the capital have voted by an overwhelming 91 per cent to reject retention bonus payments of […]
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More than 560 port operatives and maintenance engineers will take strike action from 19 September to 3 October over a seven per cent pay offer. With the real rate of inflation, RPI, at 12.3 per cent and rising this is a pay cut. Workers will also strike over MDHC’s failure to honour the 2021 pay […]
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Engineers at British Airways will have `stolen’ holiday days returned, their union has announced today (September 2). The move is another victory in Unite’s campaign to return British Airways’ workers’ terms and conditions to their pre-pandemic level. The 2,000 engineers were preparing to take strike action to return the three days of annual leave that […]
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More than 250 Stagecoach workers in Hull are being balloted for strike action over a pay cuts ‘disguised as a rise’, Unite said today (September 2). The ballot of bus drivers, cleaners, engineers and commercial assistants will close on September 20, with potential strike action set to be scheduled for the week of Hull Fair. […]
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A campaign by construction union Unite has secured improved calculated holiday pay for electricians employed by construction giant Balfour Beatty. From January 2023, Balfour Beatty has agreed that all electricians employed under the terms of the Joint Industry Board (JIB) or Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), the appropriate industrial agreements for electricians, will receive 32 […]
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Over 600 bus workers, employed by Arriva, based in Kent, will take four days of strike action next month in a dispute over pay. The workers who are members of Unite have backed strike action after the company made a pay offer of around 10 per cent. With the real rate of inflation currently standing […]
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