Unite the union and Hanson UK, the building materials company, have collaborated to further improve welfare facilities at the company’s sites, including new toilets, showers, washing amenities and…Read more…
‘Lost the plot’
Unite, which represented hundreds of workers affected by Carillion’s collapse, has said the government ‘has lost the plot’ after it announced proposals to require outsourcers to produce a ‘living…Read more…
Solidarity after protest arrests
Unite has condemned the sentencing of 26 Turkish Renault trade union members to a suspended prison sentence for peacefully protesting outside a company plant.
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‘False economy’ cuts
Unite, which represents NHS workers, together with SOS NHS Derbyshire is holding a candlelit demonstration outside Derby council this Wednesday (November 21), in protest at plans to axe a vital…Read more…
‘Genuine fears’
Unite the union, representing workers at both Mitie and Mears, is seeking reassurances from both companies that the workforce will be fully protected following today’s announcement (November 19) that…Read more…
‘Vitally needed work’
Unite, the construction union, is stepping up its campaign to ensure that when work restarts on the Midland Metropolitan hospital in Sandwell, West Midlands, the workforce are treated decently and…Read more…
‘Depth of anger’
The introduction of new hybrid boats on the Woolwich Ferry could be disrupted when the service reopens on the December 31, Unite warned today (November 19) ahead of a ballot for strike action over…Read more…
Gatwick strikes off
Two planned 48 hour stoppages involving Gatwick airport workers which were set to start tomorrow (November 20) and Monday, November 26 have been suspended while workers vote on a revised pay offer,…Read more…
Toilet dignity call
Most of us take having adequate toilet facilities for granted – when we really need to go, most of the time we can. But for tens of thousands of workers in the UK, lack of access to decent…Read more…
‘It’s not rocket science’
On World Toilet Day today (November 19) Unite is shining a spotlight on the problems tens of thousands of workers in the UK face in accessing adequate toilet facilities at work. Find out more in the…Read more…
‘Vote down May’s plan’
Last week, the Brexit drama became a full-blown crisis. Anxiety is growing throughout industry over the continuing confusion and uncertainty over the terms of Brexit, and the possibility that…Read more…
Toilet dignity day
Unite is demanding that employers take action to ensure that workers are granted toilet dignity in the workplace. Unite believes that tens of thousands of workers in the UK either are not…Read more…
‘Hope over hate’
Today, Unite members will be coming together in central London from across the country to join thousands of trade unionists and anti-racist campaigners to stand up to the rise of the far right and…Read more…
‘Great misery’
The British government’s austerity campaign is “punitive, mean-spirited, and often callous” and has caused “great misery” not for any economic requirement but to satisfy a political aim of social…Read more…
‘Growing anger’
Unite is currently balloting its members for industrial action at Johnson Matthey in Clitheroe, Lancashire, in a long-running dispute over a ‘completely unacceptable’ pay offer. The ballot at the…Read more…
‘Winning hearts and minds’
Unite will join the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) on Saturday (November 17) at its ‘Boot Camp’ event to explore ways to best to communicate the Left’s approach to the most pressing…Read more…
‘Serious issues’
Unite has raised concerns over the possibility of staff at UK firms being implanted with microchips for security and efficiency purposes. A handful of financial and legal firms are in…Read more…
Finding the truth
She met him at one of the largest protests in UK history. As a million people marched through the streets of London demonstrating against the war in Iraq, there he was – her one in a million, a…Read more…
‘Clear answers’ call
Unite, which represents over 300 hundred workers at Ambrosia’s factory in Lifton south Devon, is seeking urgent answers following yesterday’s (November 13) announcement that the owners Premier Foods…Read more…
‘Under the microscope’
Unite, the UK’s largest union representing airline workers, said it would put any potential bids for Flybe under the microscope and that its first priority would be jobs after it emerged the Exeter…Read more…