Unite has offered an ‘olive branch’ to troubled outsourcer Mitie, to create an opportunity to resolve the scheduled industrial action at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site in Cumbria. …Read more…
Llanelli job losses warning
The threat to 95 jobs at Calsonic Kansei in Llanelli is yet another sign that the automotive industry has been badly affected by the lack of a UK-wide manufacturing strategy, Unite said today (April…Read more…
Security staff strike to go ahead
Security staff at Southampton General Hospital, who are being attacked in the A&E department, will go ahead with a second day of strike action on Good Friday (April 19). Unite said today…Read more…
Brexit on our terms
Nearly three years have passed since the Brexit referendum and still the final outcome remains unclear. In this unprecedented period of political and economic uncertainty for British…Read more…
‘I didn’t get help’
Protracted isolation, long hours and stressful work conditions have created a toxic mix that’s fuelling mental health problems among British farm workers. A new BBC analysis of the latest…Read more…
Unpaid overtime scandal
Unite has expressed its anger and dismay after commitments to ensure that workers on the HS2 project would receive the correct overtime rates were reneged on. Last month Unite exposed how…Read more…
Safe staffing levels threat
Unite has slammed the decision to scrap a system for recording nurse staffing levels and replace it with one which distorts true staffing levels – a move the union believes will put patients at risk….Read more…
Cautious welcome for eviction plans
New government plans to ban “no-fault” evictions for renters have been given a cautious welcome by housing campaigners. Although the plans will give renters more security by ensuring landlords…Read more…
Second strike vote for Newham council
Beleaguered Newham council is facing a second strike ballot over the way it treats a key group of workers, Unite said today (April 15). Unite said that 75 employees working in housing repairs…Read more…
‘Disgraceful but not surprising’
Staff at a luxury Scottish hotel owned by Donald Trump are being paid below the legal minimum according to a whistle-blower. Unite said the way employees are treated at Trump’s Turnberry golf…Read more…
Jobs market discriminates against BME workers, says report
Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers are more than twice as likely to be stuck in insecure work as their white counterparts, new research reveals. The TUC, which published the analysis at…Read more…
‘Drip, drip of uncertainty’
Ford workers across the country could down tools if any of the firm’s UK sites are earmarked for closure or compulsory redundancies. In a joint statement Unite and GMB called on Ford to come…Read more…
‘Low pay battle’
Hundreds of baggage handlers and check-in staff employed by GH London (formally Azzurra) at Heathrow and Luton airports are set to start strike action later in April in two separate disputes over low…Read more…
Claws off my pension!
Former Midland Bank workers, activists and their supporters descended on HSBC’s AGM today (April 12) in Birmingham to demand justice in their fight against a practice that will slash pension pots for…Read more…
‘Bully boy tactics’
Troubled outsourcer Mitie is facing the threat of legal action amid accusations of blacklisting after bosses threatened workers at the Sellafield nuclear processing plant with disciplinary action if…Read more…
‘Halloween Brexit’?
The prime minister has insisted that if MPs can agree a way forward Brexit can still be delivered before the end of May, after EU leaders agreed to a six month extension of the process. Both…Read more…
‘Loyal workers deserve better’
Unite has expressed alarm at ongoing bank job losses, most recently this week (April 9) when Barclays announced it would be axing 460 jobs. Barclays informed staff in Coventry Westwood Park…Read more…
‘Unspeakably immoral’
Hospital workers contracted by outsourcing firm ISS, among the lowest paid people in the country, face the threat of a week’s pay being withheld – a move that’s prompted a backlash of protests from…Read more…
Toxic cabin air probe after overdose death
The family of a British Airways (BA) pilot who died from an overdose of sleeping pills ‘taken to ease the symptoms of inhaling toxic cabin air’ are the first to have their case heard in a wave of…Read more…
Mitie City Airport staff balloted
Unite members employed by controversial outsourcer Mitie at London’s City Airport are being balloted on an offer to pay the London living wage (LLW) from July 1. Unite which represents 32…Read more…