Former Thomas Cook cabin crew manager Rachel Murrell wanted desperately to be at last week’s demonstration in Parliament on Wednesday (October 2) — to stand with her colleagues and demand answers…Read more…
‘Divide and rule’ jobs move slammed
More than 70 Lincolnshire health visitors are being balloted for strike action as the long running pay dispute escalates with county council bosses trying to ‘divide and rule’ over future job roles….Read more…
‘Libraries are fundamental’
Libraries Week 2019 should highlight to the public why libraries should not be used as ‘soft targets’ for relentless austerity cuts, Unite said today (October 7). Unite, which is currently…Read more…
Give us the land! Open the gate!
Hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the Wrightbus factory in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Friday (4 October) calling for the firm’s 1,200 jobs to be saved.
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Unwaivering support
Hundreds of Thomas Cook workers were offered hope as they flocked to a massive jobs fair held at Manchester Airport on Thursday (October 3). The fair, spearheaded by the Greater Manchester…Read more…
‘New future’
Triumphant Harland and Wolff staff on Thursday (October 3) walked back into work at Belfast’s historic shipyard after a nine week occupation that saved the firm. The workers, who garnered…Read more…
‘Poverty pay’ row
Microsoft founder Bill Gates will face a ‘poverty pay’ protest when he gives the Hawking Fellowship lecture in Cambridge on Monday (October 7) over his shareholding in a US sanitation company at the…Read more…
‘What are they hiding?’
Unite will step up its campaign against union busting on the multi-billion pound HS2 project by holding a major demonstration tomorrow (October 4) outside of HS2 Euston site being operated by the…Read more…
‘Tit-for-tat’ trade war?
Aerospace workers and industry on both sides of the Atlantic risk paying the price for a ‘reckless’ and ‘destructive’ trade war, Unite warned today (October 3). This was after the United…Read more…
‘Intransigent management’
About 120 housing repair workers at Greenwich council have overwhelmingly voted to strike as they are disgusted over the way they are being treated, Unite said today (October 2). Unite said…Read more…
‘You are not alone’
Hundreds of Thomas Cook workers descended on Parliament to demand answers from the government and from the company to whom they’ve loyally dedicated years of their working lives. The workers,…Read more…
‘Grossly unfair’
Waiters at Carluccio’s are joining Unite after the firm introduced a tipping policy that will leave some staff up to £400 a month worse off. The scandal emerged a year after former Prime…Read more…
‘Swingeing cuts’ fight
Library and museum staff in Bradford will strike for 14 days this autumn over swingeing cuts to the city’s 14 libraries and museums, which could see funding axed by 65 per cent. Unite, which…Read more…
‘Necessary lever’
A landmark French legal move could lead to improved employment conditions for workers at XPO Logistics UK, who are currently embroiled in a dispute over pension contributions not being credited to…Read more…
‘Failure to legislate’
Unite has warned that the government’s failure to introduce the fair tipping legislation it promised a year ago today (October 1) is pushing low paid restaurant workers over the tipping point as…Read more…
Thomas Cook demo
Thomas Cook workers from all parts of the country who were made redundant last Monday (September 23), will on Wednesday (October 2) hold a lobby and demonstration in parliament from 11am to 3pm….Read more…
Harland and Wolff sit-in success
The historic Harland and Wolff shipyard has been saved with investment and a programme of future is work to follow.
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‘Let’s celebrate what we have in common’
Unite is set to celebrate Black History Month in October with a series of events organised by the union’s regions. Each year, October marks Black History Month, when the UK celebrates and…Read more…
‘Worth fighting for’
Library and museum staff in Bradford have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in the face of swingeing cuts to the city’s libraries and museums, which could see funding axed by 65 per cent. …Read more…
‘Pay us now’
Thomas Cook staff demand financial support at Tory conference after gov let firm go under.
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