Unite has blasted the energy regulator Ofgem as ‘useless’ after it admitted allowing the energy market to be flooded with financially precarious companies, 30 of which have since collapsed due to the…Read more…
Duke of Edinburgh Awards staff in fire and rehire threat
The Duke of Edinburgh Award’s (DofE) ‘fire and rehire’ plans to scrap its car fleet and force regional operations workers to buy their own has been slammed by Unite. The Royal charity has told…Read more…
Luton Airport pay win
Workers employed by Luton airport have secured a substantial pay increase following negotiations led by Unite. The pay deal is worth £1,800 per worker and will be paid to the 600 strong workforce who…Read more…
Let’s extend collective solidarity to all
As a cost of living crisis engulfs the UK, with food and energy prices soaring and the government failing to take any meaningful action, public anger is building. On Saturday (February 12),…Read more…
‘We should not be made to pay for the cost of living crisis’
Households across the UK are facing an unprecedented cost of living crisis that has left virtually no family unscathed. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that one in five people in…Read more…
Great Grimsby MP ‘missing in action’
Activists staged a protest on Friday (February 4) outside the constituency office of Lia Nici MP. She stands accused of ignoring the plight of constituents who called on her to help resolve a long…Read more…
DHL easyJet ground handlers fight for fair pay
Members of Unite, employed by DHL on easyJet’s ground handling contract at Gatwick Airport, are moving towards industrial action this spring in a dispute over low pay. The 500 plus strong workforce…Read more…
Bradford bus drivers to strike
More than 300 bus drivers employed by First West Yorkshire in Bradford are ready to announce strike dates, unless the bosses up their ‘truly pathetic’ two-year pay deal, Unite the union warned today…Read more…
‘Inflation has not been caused by working people’
Unite has condemned comments by Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, who has said workers should not ask for pay rises to avoid a so-called ‘wage-price spiral’ – a theoretical scenario dismissed…Read more…
‘Catastrophe for millions of people’
The cost of living crisis facing households across the UK is set to intensify drastically after the energy regulator Ofgem today (February 3) confirmed a unprecedented 54 per cent increase in the…Read more…
Construction workers pursue pay rise
Unions, led by Unite, the UK’s leading construction union, have submitted a pay claim to the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) seeking a 10 per cent pay increase in a bid to redress pay cuts…Read more…
‘It’s about time somebody took a stand’
This week refuse collection drivers employed by Coventry council have embarked on a new round of all-out strike action after council leaders went back on their pledge to make a fresh offer in the…Read more…
GB Terminals staff beat back fire and rehire
Strikes by Sheerness dock workers employed by GB Terminals have ended after the company backed down over fire and rehire plans, Unite, the UK’s leading union, said today (February 1). More than 30…Read more…
Bus strikes on cards over ‘pitiful’ pay offer
Bus passengers across London, Essex and Kent are facing severe disruption this spring, as bus drivers employed by Arriva ballot for industrial action following a ‘pitiful’ pay offer. Over 1,300…Read more…
Gov’t mandatory NHS jab U-turn welcomed
Unite, which has 100,000 members in the health service, said NHS staff can breathe a sigh of relief for the moment with the confirmation that health and social care secretary Sajid Javid was now…Read more…
Ford cleaners pay win
Cleaners at Ford Dagenham and the Ford Dunton Technical Centre in Essex have accepted a 5.1 per cent pay rise for 2022, Unite the union announced today (January 31). Over 150 cleaners, employed by…Read more…
Coventry bin strikes begin
An all-out continuous bin strike began today (January 31) in Coventry after council leaders reneged on a commitment to make a fresh offer in the dispute over pay. Representatives from Unite met with…Read more…
Unite leads fight against health and social care bill
Unite has joined with Your NHS Needs You to force a debate in parliament, after over 135,000 people signed a petition calling for the health service to be renationalised. It also demands that…Read more…
Outsourced Serco workers at Barts begin two-week strike
Hundreds of key NHS workers, employed by the giant outsourcing company Serco, began a two week strike across Barts Health NHS Trust today (January 31). Meanwhile, a rally coinciding with the…Read more…
Profit-hungry Royal Mail plans to axe 900 jobs
You’d think that the Royal Mail would want to celebrate and value its’ staff. After all, didn’t they pull out all the stops for the nation – and earned huge profits for the shareholders? They most…Read more…